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Chapter 19

           Chingachgooklaidhishandonthescalp,andconsidereditforamomentwithdeepattention.Thendroppingit,withdisgustdepictedinhisstrongfeatures,heejaculated

           "Oneida!"

           "Oneida!"repeatedthescout,whowasfastlosinghisinterestinthescene,inanapathynearlyassimilatedtothatofhisredassociates,butwhonowadvancedwithuncommonearnestnesstoregardthebloodybadge."BytheLord,iftheOneidasareoutlyinguponthetrail,weshallbeflankedbydevilsoneverysideofus!Now,towhiteeyesthereisnodifferencebetweenthisbitofskinandthatofanyotherIndian,andyettheSagamoredeclaresitcamefromthepollofaMingo;nay,heevennamesthetribeofthepoordevilwithasmucheaseasifthescalpwastheleafofabook,andeachhairaletter.WhatrighthaveChristianwhitestoboastoftheirlearning,whenasavagecanreadalanguagethatwouldprovetoomuchforthewisestofthemall!Whatsayyou,lad;ofwhatpeoplewastheknave?"

           Uncasraisedhiseyestothefaceofthescout,andanswered,inhissoftvoice

           "Oneida."

           "Oneida,again!whenoneIndianmakesadeclarationitiscommonlytrue;butwhenheissupportedbyhispeople,setitdownasgospel!"

           "ThepoorfellowhasmistakenusforFrench,"saidHeyward;"orhewouldnothaveattemptedthelifeofafriend."

           "HemistakeaMohicaninhispaintforaHuron!Youwouldbeaslikelytomistakethewhite-coatedgrenadiersofMontcalmforthescarletjacketsofthe‘RoyalAmericans’,"returnedthescout.

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