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Chapter 10
"LaLongueCarabine!hisrifleisgood,andhiseyenevershut;but,liketheshortgunofthewhitechief,itisnothingagainstthelifeofLeSubtil!"
"LeRenardistoobravetorememberthehurtsreceivedinwar,orthehandsthatgavethem!"
"Wasitwar,whenthetiredIndianrestedatthesugar-treetotastehiscorn!whofilledthebusheswithcreepingenemies!whodrewtheknife!whosetonguewaspeace,whilehisheartwascoloredwithblood!DidMaguasaythatthehatchetwasoutoftheground,andthathishandhaddugitup?"
AsDuncandarednotretortuponhisaccuserbyremindinghimofhisownpremeditatedtreachery,anddisdainedtodeprecatehisresentmentbyanywordsofapology,heremainedsilent.Maguaseemedalsocontenttorestthecontroversyaswellasallfurthercommunicationthere,forheresumedtheleaningattitudeagainsttherock,fromwhich,inmomentaryenergy,hehadarisen.Butthecryof"LaLongueCarabine"wasrenewedtheinstanttheimpatientsavagesperceivedthattheshortdialoguewasended.
"Youhear,"saidMagua,withstubbornindifference;"theredHuronscallforthelifeof‘TheLongRifle,’ortheywillhavethebloodofthemthatkeephimhid!"
"Heisgone—escaped;heisfarbeyondtheirreach."
Renardsmiledwithcoldcontempt,asheanswered—
"Whenthewhitemandies,hethinksheisatpeace;buttheredmenknowhowtotortureeventheghostsoftheirenemies.Whereishisbody?LettheHuronsseehisscalp!"
"Heisnotdead,butescaped."
Maguashookhisheadincredulously.
