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           "Theyaregone,andtheyareharmless,"continuedHawkeye,wavinghishand,withamelancholysmile,attheirmanifestalarm:"they’llnevershoutthewar-whoopnorstrikeablowwiththetomahawkagain!Andofallthosewhoaidedinplacingthemwheretheylie,ChingachgookandIonlyareliving!ThebrothersandfamilyoftheMohicanformedourwar-party;andyouseebeforeyouallthatarenowleftofhisrace."

           TheeyesofthelistenersinvoluntarilysoughttheformsoftheIndians,withacompassionateinterestintheirdesolatefortune.Thedarkpersonswerestilltobeseenwithintheshadowsoftheblock-house,thesonlisteningtotherelationofhisfatherwiththatsortofintensenesswhichwouldbecreatedbyanarrativethatredoundedsomuchtothehonorofthosewhosenameshehadlongreveredfortheircourageandsavagevirtues.

           "IhadthoughttheDelawaresapacificpeople,"saidDuncan,"andthattheyneverwagedwarinperson;trustingthedefenceoftheirlandstothoseveryMohawksthatyouslew!"

           "’Tistrueinpart,"returnedthescout,"andyet,atthebottom,’tisawickedlie.Suchatreatywasmadeinagesgoneby,throughthedeviltriesoftheDutchers,whowishedtodisarmthenativesthathadthebestrighttothecountrywheretheyhadsettledthemselves.TheMohicans,thoughapartofthesamenation,havingtodealwiththeEnglish,neverenteredintothesillybargain,butkepttotheirmanhood;asintruthdidtheDelawares,whentheireyeswereopenedtotheirfolly.