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It may be that he read some of the thoughts passing in the mind of the Onondaga, as he said: "You look for your white friends, Tayoga, but you do not see them. Nor will they come. Do you want to know why?" "Why, Tandakora?" "Because they are dead. In the battle back there, toward Andiatarocte, Daganoweda, the Mohawk, was slain.
The young Philadelphians, with Robert, Tayoga and Grosvenor, rushed to their aid, and they were followed swiftly by the other regiment under Whiting. Yet it seemed that they would be cut to pieces when Robert suddenly heard a tremendous war cry from a voice he thought he knew, and looking back, he saw Daganoweda, the Mohawk, rushing into the battle.
"Daganoweda, of the clan of the Turtle, of the nation, Ganeagaono, of the great League of the Hodenosaunee, the sight of you is very pleasant to our eyes," he said. "Tayoga, of the clan of the Bear, of the Nation, Onondaga, of the great League of the Hodenosaunee, you are my brother and we are well met," the chief rejoined.
"I think," said Willet, "that we'd better go south along the shore of the lake, and approach as near to the fort as we dare. Then Daganoweda and a half dozen of his best warriors will scout under its very walls. Do you care for the task, Daganoweda?" The eyes of the young Mohawk chieftain glittered. Willet had judged him aright. It would be no task for him, it would be instead a labor of pleasure.
"I think as the Great Bear thinks," replied the Mohawk chieftain. "And you, Rogers?" "Seems likely to me, too. At any rate, we must reckon on it." "And so reckoning on it, we'd better stop and throw out more scouts." Both Rogers and Daganoweda agreed, and flankers were sent off in each direction. Tayoga asked earnestly for this service, and Robert insisted on going with him.
Our people could have no truer, no braver ally. The arrival of Daganoweda alone is as the coming of ten men." The nostrils of the chief dilated. Obviously he was pleased at Robert's round and swelling sentences. "I come in the canoe of a foe," he said. "The warrior who was in it has gone into the lake." "We know that.
The Mohawk chieftain, whose nerves never quivered before the enemy, felt as a little child in the presence of the mighty Sun God. But his confidence returned. Although the figure of Areskoui continued to grow, his face became benevolent. He looked down from his hundred million miles in the void, beheld the tiny figure of Daganoweda standing upon the earth, and smiled.
"Then we three are agreed," said the hunter. "It's best not to speak to Black Rifle, because he'll follow his own notions anyway, and as for Daganoweda and his Mohawks I think they're likely to resume their march northward against the French border." "I'm grateful to you three," said Captain Colden, "and, now that it's settled, we'll start as soon as we can."
Rogers here take the rangers he has, other picked ones from the camp, Robert, Tayoga and me, perhaps also a chosen band of Mohawks under Daganoweda, and go forward to strike a blow that will delay Dieskau." The somber face of Waraiyageh lightened. "David Willet," he said, "you are a man.
Willet quickly picked twenty men, including Black Rifle and the two lads, and bore away with speed toward the flank where Daganoweda and the Mohawks already lay. As Robert left he heard the rifle shots with which the little force of Rogers was opening the battle, and he heard, too, the rifles and muskets of the French and Indians on the other side of the stream replying.
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