"We have had the messages that you have sent to us,
Timmendiquas," said Thayendanegea, "and they are good in the eyes
of our people, the Rotinonsionni (the Mohawks). They please,
too, the ancient tribe, the Kannoseone (the Onondagas), the
valiant Hotinonsionni (the Senecas), and all our brethren of the
Six Nations. All the land from the salt water to the setting sun
was given to the red men by Aieroski, but if we do not defend it
we cannot keep it."
"It is so," said Timmendiquas, speaking for the first time. "We
have fought them on the Ohio and in Kaintuck-ee, where they come
with their rifles and axes. The whole might of the Wyandots, the
Shawnees, the Miamis, the Illinois, the Delawares, and the
Ottawas has gone forth against them. We have slain many of them,
but we have failed to drive them back. Now we have come to ask
the Six Nations to press down upon them in the east with all your
power, while we do the same in the west. Surely then your
Aieroski and our Manitou, who are the same, will not refuse us
success."
The eyes of Thayendanegea glistened.
"You speak well, Timmendiquas," he said. " All the red men must
unite to fight for the land of Konspioni which Aieroski raised
above the sea, and we be two, you and I, Timmendiquas, fit to
lead them to battle.
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