"A fool sometimes gives good counsel," was the warrior's repartee; "what you say is just. Let us come, then, to the real subject of this interview. I wait while you explain."
"Why have you not reported to the palefaces the message with which I charged you for them?"
"I am no more the slave of the whites than you."
"And notwithstanding that warning, they continue to march in advance?"
"You see it is so."
"These men are mad."
"They by no means share that opinion. More sensible than you, without fearing you, they do not scorn you."
"Is it not the greatest insult they can offer us, to dare to invade our territory?"
"They do not invade your territory."
"You are a dog with a forked tongue. The palefaces have no occasion to traverse our country."