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Chapter 19
"Itwouldbeachange,indeed,foramanwhohaspassedhisdaysintheopenair,"returnedthesingle-mindedscout;"andwhohassooftenbrokenhisfastonthehead-watersoftheHudson,tosleepwithinsoundoftheroaringMohawk.ButitisacomforttoknowweserveamercifulMaster,thoughwedoiteachafterhisfashion,andwithgreattractsofwildernessatweenus—whatgoesthere?"
"Isitnottherushingofthewolvesyouhavementioned?"
Hawkeyeslowlyshookhishead,andbeckonedforDuncantofollowhimtoaspot,towhichtheglarefromthefiredidnotextend.Whenhehadtakenthisprecaution,thescoutplacedhimselfinanattitudeofintenseattention,andlistenedlongandkeenlyforarepetitionofthelowsoundthathadsounexpectedlystartledhim.Hisvigilance,however,seemedexercisedinvain;for,afterafruitlesspause,hewhisperedtoDuncan—
"WemustgiveacalltoUncas.TheboyhasIndiansenses,andmayhearwhatishidfromus;forbeingawhite-skin,Iwillnotdenymynature."
TheyoungMohican,whowasconversinginalowvoicewithhisfather,startedasheheardthemoaningofanowl,andspringingonhisfeethelookedtowardstheblackmounds,asifseekingtheplacewhencethesoundsproceeded.Thescoutrepeatedthecall,andinafewmoments,DuncansawthefigureofUncasstealingcautiouslyalongtherampart,tothespotwheretheystood.
Hawkeyeexplainedhiswishesinaveryfewwords,whichwerespokenintheDelawaretongue.
