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"Yellow," he said, struggling to keep his temper; "and if we Delawares of the Wolf-Clan are not na the noble, and on the sae as your proud Oneidas We have three in the council as well as you, Mr Renault If you were a Mohawk I should hold my peace, but a Delaware e it seeentlemen of quality, co--our priiance, our very individualities sunk in the e tie which bound us to the two nations we assureat Confederacy of the Iroquois that had adopted us, investing us with that clan nobility of which we bore the ensign

And ere in deadly earnest, too, standing proudly, fiercely, for our prerogatives; he already doubly suspicious of me because the Oneida nation which had adopted me stood for the rebel cause, yet, in histhat by virtue of Wolf clanship, as well as by that senti to disrupt the council which I no must decide upon the annihilation of the Oneida nation, as well as upon the raid he conteine that I shall sit with head averted while four nations and your Delawares combine to plan the murder of my Oneidas?" I demanded passionately "When the council sits at Thendara I shall send a belt to every clan in the Oneida nation, and I care not who knows it!"

He rose, pale and"Mr Renault," he said, "do you understand that a word fro? You can be a clans and to the Iroquois Confederacy; but you can not send a single string of wampum to the Oneidas and be either loyal to the Six Nations or to your King The Oneidas are marked for punishh this frittering co A word of warning to the Oneidas is a warning to the rebels And that, sir, I can not contemplate, and you must shrink from"

"Do you deceive yourself that I shall stand silent and see the Oneida nation ruined?" I asked between my teeth