"You vouch for them?"
"With my honour, General."
"Very well, sir.... And your Mohican Loup—he can perform what he has promised? Guide us straight to Catharines-town, I mean?"
"He has said it."
"Aye—but what is your opinion of that promise?"
"A Siwanois Sagamore never lies."
"You trust him?"
"Perfectly. We are blood-brothers, he and I."
"Oho!" said the General, nodding. "That was cunningly done, sir."
"No, sir. The idea was his own."