yours ; but if you are victorious, we hope you will help us to recover our just rights." And in this spirit himself and his people fought to make a free nation for white men. Welcoming the missionaries among his people,

HENDRIK

impressed upon them a recognition of his worth even while refusing to unite with them, and in all his intercourse with them

and with the authorities, won, by his demeanor and his integrity, " He was the tribute due to his

biographer royalty. Says often employed as an interpreter, and in this capacity his strong :

memory, his clear, lucid manner, and

his

mind-illumed face,

as he

conveyed the thoughts of a preacher to his people, are His public speeches are spoken of as always highly praised.

remarkable for perspicuity and sound sense. informant,

'

seen

'

I have,' says

many Indian chiefs, but never his equal

our '

!

;

testimony which is the more valuable, coming as it does from one who had no personal ends to serve by magnifying the con

sequence of the people among whom he labored, and who at one time had " the Great Hendrik " of the Mohawks among his pupils.

HENDRIK was frequently the on to the western Indians, missions employed by government After the war of the revolution

and was an important agent in the negotiations with them. In 1810, says his biographer, Captain HENDRIK * was on the

Captain Hendrik was employed in this

capacity at the suggestion of the