He is the friend of the Ganeagaono, and he knew that he could build a house among us and live there in peace, with our warriors to guard him." The news that Johnson would be the King's Indian agent had an electric effect upon the Mohawks.

Whether he talked English or Iroquois he talked a language they understood, and his acts were comprehensible by them.

He had their faith and he never lost it.
Some of the hunters went out, and, the woods being full of game, they quickly shot another deer.

Then the warriors still feeling in their strength that they had nothing to dread from enemies, built high the fire, cut up the deer, cooked it and made a great feast.

The good feeling that existed between the Mohawks and the two whites increased.
Robert unconsciously began to exercise his gift of golden speech.