chief of the Delawares, and on his left the great chief
of the Shawanees. They have long been the sworn enemies
of the Saganaw; and they came from the rivers that run
near the salt lake to stir up the red skins of the Detroit
to war. They whispered wicked words in the ear of the
Ottawa chief, and he determined to take up the bloody
hatchet. This is a shame to a great warrior. The Ottawa
was a king over all the tribes in the country of the
fresh lakes, and yet he weakly took council like a woman
from another."

"My father lies!" fiercely retorted the warrior, half
springing to his feet, and involuntarily putting his hand
upon his tomahawk. "If the settlers of the Saganaw have
fallen," he resumed in a calmer tone, while he again sank
upon his mat, "it is because they did not keep their
faith with the red skins. When they came weak, and were
not yet secure in their strong holds, their tongues were
smooth and full of soft words; but when they became strong
under the protection of their thunder, they no longer
treated the red skins as their friends, and they laughed
at them for letting them come into their country." "But,"
he pursued, elevating his voice, "the Ottawa is a great
chief, and he will be respected." Then adverting in
bitterness to the influence supposed to be exercised over
him,--"What my father has said is false. The Shawanees
and the Delawares are great nations; but the Ottawas are
greater than any, and their chiefs are full of wisdom.
The Shawanees and the Delawares had no talk with the
Ottawa chief to make him do what his own wisdom did not