How I became scarred.
What man had placed me among the Indians.
For the future I bound myself with three laws:
To leave alone the puzzle of my past.
To study with all my might and strength.
When I was grown and educated, to come back to my adopted people, the Iroquois, draw them to some place where they could thrive, and by training and education make them an empire, and myself their leader.
The pale-skin's loathing of the red race had not then entered my imagination. I said in conclusion:
"Indians have taken care of me; they shall be my brothers."