"
He was as good as his word, speaking of the laxness of both
Iroquois and Wyandots. The great White Lightning regarded him
with an icy stare.
"You say that the boy, Cotter, escaped through carelessness?" he
asked.
"I do," exclaimed Wyatt.
"Then why did you not prevent it?"
Wyatt trembled a little before the stern gaze of the chief.
Since when," continued Timmendiquas, "have you, a deserter front
your own people, had the right to hold to account the head chief
of the Wyandots?" Braxton Wyatt, brave though he undoubtedly
was, trembled yet more. He knew that Timmendiquas did not like
him, and that the Wyandot chieftain could make his position among
the Indians precarious.
"I did not mean to say that it was the fault of anybody in
particular," he exclaimed hastily, "but I've been hearing so much
talk about the Spirit of Evil having a hand in this that I
couldn't keep front saying something. Of course, it was Henry
Ware and Hyde who did it!"
"It may be," said Timmendiquas icily, "but neither the Manitou of
the Wyandots, nor the Aieroski of the Iroquois has given to me
the eyes to see everything that happens in the dark."
Wyatt withdrew still in a rage, but afraid to say more.
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