One is a
'Shakanah' (Englishman), the other a 'Naimewa' from the
'Maha-mate-kosh-ehoj' (an exile from the French). They are good and they
are brave: they have learned wisdom from the 'Macota Konayas' (priests),
and Owato Wanisha knows how to build strong forts, which he can better
defend than the Watchinangoes have defended theirs. I have invited him
and his brother to come and taste the buffalo of our prairies, to ride
our horses, and smoke the calumet of friendship. They have come, and
will remain with us till we ourselves go to the big stony river (the
Colorado of the West). They have come; they are our guests; the best we
can command is their own already; but they are chiefs and warriors. A
chief is a chief everywhere. We must treat them as chiefs, and let them
select a band of warriors for themselves to follow them till they go
away from us.
[Footnote 20: Americans.]
"You have heard what our scouts have said; they would have been eaten by
the Cayugas, had it not been for our guests, who have preserved not only
the lives of four men--that is nothing--but the honour of the tribe. I
need say no more; I know my young men; I know my warriors; I know they
will love the strangers as chiefs and brothers. I have said."
Having thus spoken, he walked slowly out of the lodge, which was
immediately deserted for the green lawn before the village.
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