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           Welldidthesebarbarouswarriorsprovethattheydeservedthosesignificantnameswhichhadbeenbestowedfordeedsinformerwars.Whentheyengaged,somelittletimewaslostineludingthequickandvigorousthrustswhichhadbeenaimedattheirlives.Suddenlydartingoneachother,theyclosed,andcametotheearth,twistedtogetherliketwiningserpents,inpliantandsubtlefolds.Atthemomentwhenthevictorsfoundthemselvesunoccupied,thespotwheretheseexperiencedanddesperatecombatantslay,couldonlybedistinguishedbyacloudofdustandleaveswhichmovedfromthecentreofthelittleplaintowardsitsboundary,asifraisedbythepassageofawhirlwind.Urgedbythedifferentmotivesoffilialaffection,friendship,andgratitude,Heywardandhiscompanionsrushedwithoneaccordtotheplace,encirclingthelittlecanopyofdustwhichhungabovethewarriors.InvaindidUncasdartaroundthecloud,withawishtostrikehisknifeintotheheartofhisfather’sfoe;thethreateningrifleofHawkeyewasraisedandsuspendedinvain,whileDuncanendeavoredtoseizethelimbsoftheHuronwithhandsthatappearedtohavelosttheirpower.Covered,astheywere,withdustandblood,theswiftevolutionsofthecombatantsseemedtoincorporatetheirbodiesintoone.Thedeath-likelookingfigureoftheMohican,andthedarkformoftheHuron,gleamedbeforetheireyesinsuchquickandconfusedsuccession,thatthefriendsoftheformerknewnotwherenorwhentoplantthesuccoringblow.