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He called on the name of the Great Spirit, which was Aieroski before it became Manitou, the Great Spirit who, in the Iroquois belief, had only the size of a dwarf because his soul was so mighty that he did not need body. "This land is ours, the land of your people and mine, oh, chief of the brave Wyandots," he said to Timmendiquas.
They were nearing the gullies now and once more Henry saw Timmendiquas who seemed to be shouting to his men. It was a fleeting glimpse but so vivid and intense that Henry never forgot it. The great Wyandot chief was a very war god. His eyes flamed and fiercely brandishing his great tomahawk, he shouted to the warriors to stand.
Catesby proceeded to a large house near the north end of the court. Colonel de Peyster and Timmendiquas, side by side, followed him. The others came in a group. Catesby led them into a great room, evidently intended as a public banquet hall, as it had a long and wide table running down its center.
"I can see the question from your side as well as from mine, White Lightning," he replied. "It seems as you say, that the white men and the red men cannot dwell together. Yet I could wish that we were friends in the field as well as at heart." Timmendiquas shook his head and replied in a tone tinged with a certain sadness: "I, too, could wish it, but you were born of one race and I of another.
The attack was now pressed with fresh vigor. In truth, with so much that the bravest of the Indians at last yielded to panic. Thayendanegea and Timmendiquas were carried away in the rush, and the white leaders of their allies were already out of sight. On all sides the allied red and white force was dissolving.
"I reckon that after Wyomin' an' Chemung, Timmendiquas wasn't able to bring back more than half his men." "If the Wyandots lost so many in trying to help the Iroquois, won't that fact be likely to break up the big Indian league?" asked Paul. Tom Ross shook his head, but Henry answered in words: "No, the Indians, especially the chiefs, are inflamed more than ever by their losses.
Three, despite their faces, browned by wind and rain, belonged to the white race, and in the one nearest to him, Henry, with a leap of the heart, recognized his old enemy, Braxton Wyatt. Wyatt, like Timmendiquas, had come back to the scene of his earlier exploits and this conjunction confirmed Henry in his belief that some great movement was intended.
"Ware," he said, "we are now at the great post of the King, and you will be held a prisoner inside. I have treated you as well as I could. Is there anything of which you wish to complain?" "There is nothing," replied Henry. "Timmendiquas is a chief, great alike of heart and hand." The Wyandot smiled slightly. It seemed that he was anxious for the good opinion of his most formidable antagonist.
"I find my own position perfect. It is true that Timmendiquas does not like me, but he is not king here. I am the friend of the great Brant; and Hiokatoo, Sangerachte, Hahiron, and the other chiefs esteem me.
"If so, it's a scout boat watching us," said Paul, "and Timmendiquas himself may be in it." Henry shook his head. "It isn't likely," he said. "Timmendiquas knows all that he wants to know, and is now going northeastward as fast as he can. But his warriors are there. Look! You can see beyond a doubt now that it is a canoe, and it's going up the river at full speed."
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