De Peyster's face flushed darkly, and the other white men moved uneasily.
"The things you tell are true, Timmendiquas," said de Peyster, "but what bearing do they have upon our expedition?"
"I wish to speak of many things," resumed the chief. "I am for war to the end against those who have invaded our hunting grounds. But let not Colonel de Peyster and Caldwell and Girty forget that the villages of the Indians lie between Kaintuckee and Detroit."
"What of it?" said de Peyster. "The Kentuckians reduced so low will not dare to come against them."
"That we do not know," said Timmendiquas. "When we destroy the men in Kaintuckee others come to take their places. It is the duty of the Wyandots and all the allied tribes to look into the future. Listen, O Colonel of the King. I was at Wyoming
