"Well, friends," he said, mounting his horse one evening, as a large number of the inhabitants were assembled in the chief open place in the village, which was designated the Square, "do I look like a man who would mislead you, or fail to carry out my promises?  I have slain many a bear, hunted the buffalo across the prairies, and, single-handed, fought and defeated scores of Redskins.  With such fellows as you at my back, even if ten thousand were to attempt to stop us we would force our way onward, and send them to the right-about.  What are you afraid of? If rivers are to be crossed, we can form rafts and swim our cattle over. There is grass on the plains, and game in the forests to supply all our wants; and a glorious country at the end of the journey, where happy homes can be established, and wealth obtained for ourselves and our children.  I ask you again--Do you take me for a man who would bamboozle you; or do I look like one who will prove true as steel, and fulfil all his engagements, as an honest man should do?  Those who believe that I speak the truth, hold up their hands; and those who don't, keep them down, and we part friends notwithstanding."