Say, is it not so, Colonel John Butler ?"
"Indian" Butler made no reply, but sat, sullen and lowering. The
Tory, Coleman, whispered to Braxton Wyatt, but Timmendiquas was
the only one who spoke aloud.
"Thayendanegea," he said, "I, and the Wyandots who are with me,
have come far. We expected to return long ago to the lands on
the Ohio, but we were with you in your village, and now, when
Manitou has turned his face from you for the time, we will not
leave you. We stay and fight by your side."
Thayendanegea stood up, and Timmendiquas stood up, also.
"You are a great chief, White Lightning of the Wyandots " he
said, " and you and I are brothers. I shall be proud and happy
to have such a mighty leader fighting with me. We will have
vengeance for this. The power of the Iroquois is as great as
ever."
He raised himself to his full height, pointing to the fire, and
the flames of hate and resolve burned in his eyes. Old Hiokatoo,
the most savage of all the chiefs, shook his tomahawk, and a
murmur passed through the group of Indians.
Braxton Wyatt still talked in whispers to his new friend,
Coleman, the Tory, who was more to his liking than the morose and
savage Walter Butler, whom he somewhat feared.
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