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He drew from his beaded pouch a black and white belt of seven rows I took it, and, holding it in both hands, gazed attentively into his face

"The Three Wolves listen," I said briefly

"Then listen, noble of the noble clan The council-fire is covered at Onondaga; but it shall burn again at Thendara This was so from the first, as all know The council therefore sun of his clan The will of the council is the will of the confederacy Hiro! I have spoken"

"Does a single coal froreat tree, reat tree is at Onondaga," he answered sullenly; "the fire is covered"

Which was as uaranteed an Oneida, even at a federal council

"Tell them," I said deliberately, "that a belt requires a belt; and, when the Wolves talk to the Oneidas, they at Thendara shall be answered I have spoken"

"Do the Three Wolves take counsel with the Six Bears and Turtles?" he asked, with a crafty smile

"The trapped wolf has no choice; his howls appeal to the wilderness entire," I replied eer brother; a lone wolf in a pit is always silent"

I flushed, realizing thatbetween this red ambassador and me except the subtlest and finest shades of metaphor

"It is true that a trapped wolf never howls," I said; "because a pitted wolf is as good as a dead wolf, and a dead wolf's tongue hangs out sideways But it is not so when the pack is trapped Then the prisoners may call upon the Wilderness for aid, lest a whole people suffer exterer brother take counsel with Oneidas?" he asked curiously

"Surely as the rocks of Tryon point to the Dancers, naan, so surely, ns, brother to brother, clan to clan, lest we be utterly destroyed and the Oneida nation perish froer brother will not come to Thendara?" he inquired without emotion

"Does a chief answer as squirrels answer one to another?--as crow replies to crow?" I asked sternly "Go teach the Canienga how to listen and hoait!"

His glowing eyes, fastened on mine, were lowered to the symbol on my breast, then his shaved head bent, and he folded his powerful arms

"Onehda has spoken," he said respectfully "Even a Delaware er brother"