 The Rat spoke of the difficulties and struggles encountered in the process of recovering Iroquois prisoners from the allies.He was suspicious of whether the Iroquois would comply in an exchange with sincerity or cheat them of their "nephews", that had been taken over the past 13 years of war.He was concerned that the allies would be deceived, and yet, they were so determined to make peace that they were willing to leave their prisoners to display their good faith.