"Man is only the plaything of circumstances; he can never do what he has projected."
"That is true. Perhaps it would have been better for you and for us had you not remained away so long."
"Often, often I had the desire to come, but a fatality always prevented me."
"Yes, it must be so; were it not for that, we should have seen you. Many things that have happened, would not have occurred."
"What do you mean?"
"It would be too long to explain to you, and I have no time to do so at this moment; I must proceed to the council, where I am awaited. Suffice it for you to know, that for some time an evil genius has breathed a spirit of discord among the Sachems of the great council. Two men have succeeded in obtaining a dangerous influence over the deliberations, and forcing their ideas and wishes upon all the chiefs."
"And these men, who are they?"
"You know them only too well."
"But what are their names?"
"Red Wolf and Addick."