I could not hear his words, but at the time I was thinking of Dagaeoga.

Since Tododaho sits with the great gods, and is one of them, he knew my thoughts, and, if he smiled when I was thinking of Dagaeoga, he meant to give me hope." The hunter again shook his head sadly.
"You thought you saw it, because you wished it so much," he said, "or maybe the promise of Tododaho was for the future, the hereafter." "For the hereafter we need no special promise, Great Bear.

That has always been made to all of us by Manitou himself, but I was thinking of Dagaeoga alive, present with us in this life, when Tododaho smiled down on me.

I hold it in my heart, Great Bear, as a sign, a promise." Willet shook his head for the third time, and with increasing sadness, but said nothing more.

If Tayoga cherished such a hope it was a consolation, a beautiful thing, and he was not one to destroy anybody's faith.
"Do you know this region ?" he asked.
"I was through here once with the Mohawk chief, Daganoweda," replied Tayoga.