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Chapter 13
Thisrudeandneglectedbuildingwasoneofthosedesertedworks,which,havingbeenthrownuponanemergency,hadbeenabandonedwiththedisappearanceofdanger,andwasnowquietlycrumblinginthesolitudeoftheforest,neglected,andnearlyforgotten,likethecircumstanceswhichhadcausedittobereared.Suchmemorialsofthepassageandstrugglesofmanareyetfrequentthroughoutthebroadbarrierofwildernesswhichonceseparatedthehostileprovinces,andformaspeciesofruinsthatareintimatelyassociatedwiththerecollectionsofcolonialhistory,andwhichareinappropriatekeepingwiththegloomycharacterofthesurroundingscenery.Theroofofbarkhadlongsincefallen,andmingledwiththesoil;butthehugelogsofpine,whichhadbeenhastilythrowntogether,stillpreservedtheirrelativepositions,thoughoneangleoftheworkhadgivenwayunderthepressure,andthreatenedaspeedydownfalltotheremainderoftherusticedifice.WhileHeywardandhiscompanionshesitatedtoapproachabuildingsodecayed,HawkeyeandtheIndiansenteredwithinthelowwalls,notonlywithoutfear,butwithobviousinterest.Whiletheformersurveyedtheruins,bothinternallyandexternally,withthecuriosityofonewhoserecollectionswererevivingateachmoment,Chingachgookrelatedtohisson,inthelanguageoftheDelawares,andwiththeprideofaconqueror,thebriefhistoryoftheskirmishwhichhadbeenfought,inhisyouth,inthatsecludedspot.
