"You have not the right to hinder the passage of peaceable citizens through your country."
"If we have not that right, we take it. The Guaycurus are the only masters of these territories."
"Listen to me," said Diogo, "that the truth may penetrate to your heart."
"Speak; am I not here to listen to you?"
"We have no intention of penetrating any further into your country; we only wish to pass."
"Aha! And what do you call the country to which you are going?" pursued the chief.
"The country of the Frentones."
"The Frentones are the allies of my nation; to enter on their territory is to enter on ours. We will not suffer this violation. Go and rejoin him who has sent you, and tell him that Tarou Niom consents to allow him to go, on condition that he will immediately turn his horse's head towards the north."
The captain remained unmoved.
"Do you not understand me?" asked the warrior, with violence; "On that condition alone can you hope to escape, every one of you, from death or slavery. Go!"