This land is ours, the land of your people and mine, oh, chief of
the brave Wyandots," he said to Timmendiquas. "Once there was no
land, only the waters, but Aieroski raised the land of Konspioni
above the foam. Then he sowed five handfuls of red seed in it,
and from those handfuls grew the Five Nations. Later grew up the
Tuscaroras, who have joined us and other tribes of our race, like
yours, great chief of the brave Wyandots."
Timmendiquas still said nothing. He did not allow an eyelid to
flicker at this assumption of superiority for the Six Nations
over all other tribes. A great warrior he was, a great
politician also, and he wished to unite the Iroquois in a firm
league with the tribes of the Ohio valley. The coals from the
great fire glowed and threw out an intense heat. Thayendanegea
unbuttoned his military coat and threw it back, revealing a bare
bronze chest, upon which was painted the device of the Mohawks, a
flint and steel. The chests of the Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca
head chiefs were also bared to the glow. The device on the chest
of the Onondaga was a cabin on top of a hill, the Caytiga's was a
great pipe, and the figure of a mountain adorned the Seneca
bronze.
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