On a sunny day in an Indian village, a boy called Running Toad and his older brother Lester Silly were present. As they wandered deep into the forest, they came across a huge tall village with a wooden structure and a big pole in the middle. So they went inside. The white Americans were not afraid. They strolled up to the Indigenous men and greeted them with smiles, trying not to startle them or scare them away. Then they started talking. 

"I wonder if you'd like to discover more about my village and the community within it," asked Lester Silly. 

With excitement, Paul responded, "Yes!" 

Lester Silly and Running Toad then brought the white Americans to their village. When they arrived, they told their new friends to stay hidden behind the trees. Lester Silly and Running Toad went to their Chief's home and went inside. 

"My brother and I were wandering in the forest and discovered a village of white Americans," Lester Silly told the Chief. 

The Chief remembered the iron helmet that was left there long ago. 

"Let them come and eat with us, we welcome our new friends," said the Chief. 

So Lester Silly and Running Toad went back to the forest and told the white Americans to come. Upon entering, they were astonished by the lifestyles and observing that their homes resembled longhouses or featured domed structures. The children were half dressed; the women were staring at the white Americans, and the old ones saw the past in the white Americans. Lester Silly walked them to the longhouse where they would be attending. 

"Sit our friends, "untchore" (eat), today we will feast on our friendship," said the Chief of the Nottowa language. 

As the white Americans were eating and drinking, the Chief told them stories, then he pulled an iron helmet from behind him and showed it to the white Americans. 

"I have told my people about this day, when the white Americans will come again. When I was a young warrior, growing up in the Nottowa tribe, I saw the first white Americans with my own eyes. They wore clothes of steel that I have never seen before. They came looking for land and gold; they came on ships with white wings like birds. I ran and told my father what I saw. When they arrived on our land, they were on big animals they called horses. 

The white Americans came and sat down, just like you're doing today; they ate, drank, and left. The next day, they came back and wanted to trade. They promised my people long ago that no harm would come to us, but they lied. They killed my people; a couple of my warriors lived, now we are all old, but we do not forget," said the Chief. 

"We are different, we are pilgrims," said Paul. "All we carry is our Bible and the Lord's word by our side." 

"So, you will not harm us?" asked the Chief. 

"No, we are your friends," said Paul. 

"Lester Silly, take our friends home," said the Chief. 

Lester Silly and Running Toad walked the white Americans home; and they went back to their village. The next morning, Paul returned to the Nottowa village alone. 

"Come, tell me more about your people, and how many more are coming?" asked the Chief.

"Great Chief of the Nottowa tribe, there will come a day, a time when there will be many of my people, especially those who you saw long ago. They will come and destroy your village, your land. Take your homes, your children, and women," said Paul, worried for his friends. 

"You say many, I told my people about this day, let them come, their bullets cannot harm me," said the Chief. 

"I will fight beside you. If we die, we die together," said Paul. 

As Paul walked home, he thought about how it would end when they discovered the land. When he arrived home, he told his people to gather around. 

"Some of you may know, that more of us will soon be coming to this land, but others are coming for gold, that is not here, and they will kill our indigenous friends; the others are not like us, they are different. They will take this land and drive us off. We will fight beside our friends, and our homes," said Paul. 

So far, everything has been good; no other white Americans have come to this land of the Nottowa people and the pilgrims. It's been a long time since the Nottowa people have seen their pilgrim friends, so they visited them.

"How are you my friend?" asked Paul. 

"Good, we brought food for winter; it is almost here," said the Chief. 

"Yes, thank you, our supply storage was getting low," said Paul. 

"We must go now," said the Chief. 

"Please stay, we have plenty of food," said Paul. 

"We will stay," said the Chief. 

"This is not very good," whispered Running Toad to Lester Silly. 

"Just eat it and be quiet, I'm sure they think our food is bad too," said Lester Silly. 

Running Toad ate the food. When finished they got up and left to go home. When they arrived home Running Toad was walking on the edge of the forest with a full moon. He looked out across the waters and saw small lights, then he heard shouting. He quickly ran back into the forest and waited. When they arrived on shore he saw that it was white Americans. They have come to their land. He got up slowly and ran back deep into the forest to tell the people.