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As you know , Tayoga , as I know , and , as all the nations of the Hodenosaunee know , Waraiyageh is their friend . He will speak to them no word that is not true . He will brush away all that web of craft , and cunning and cheating , spun by the Indian commissioners at Albany , and he will see that there is no infringement upon the rights of the great League . '' `` Waraiyageh will do all that , if he can reach Mount Johnson in time , '' said Tayoga , `` but Onontio rises before the dawn , and he does not sleep until after midnight . He sings beautiful songs in the ears of the warriors , and the songs he sings seem to be true . Already the French and their allies have been victorious everywhere save at Fort Refuge , and they carry the trophies of triumph into Canada . '' `` But the time for us to strike a great blow is at hand , Tayoga , '' said Robert , who , with Grosvenor had been listening .