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Chapter 19

           Notwithstandingtheincreasingwarmthoftheamicablecontest,themostdecorousChristianassembly,notevenexceptingthoseinwhichitsreverendministersarecollected,mighthavelearnedawholesomelessonofmoderationfromtheforbearanceandcourtesyofthedisputants.ThewordsofUncaswerereceivedwiththesamedeepattentionasthosewhichfellfromthematurerwisdomofhisfather;andsofarfrommanifestinganyimpatience,neitherspokeinreply,untilafewmomentsofsilentmeditationwere,seemingly,bestowedindeliberatingonwhathadalreadybeensaid.

           ThelanguageoftheMohicanswasaccompaniedbygesturessodirectandnatural,thatHeywardhadbutlittledifficultyinfollowingthethreadoftheirargument.Ontheotherhand,thescoutwasobscure;because,fromthelingeringprideofcolor,heratheraffectedthecoldandartificialmannerwhichcharacterizesallclassesofAnglo-Americans,whenunexcited.BythefrequencywithwhichtheIndiansdescribedthemarksofaforesttrail,itwasevidenttheyurgedapursuitbyland,whiletherepeatedsweepofHawkeye’sarmtowardstheHoricandenotedthathewasforapassageacrossitswaters.

           Thelatterwas,toeveryappearance,fastlosingground,andthepointwasabouttobedecidedagainsthim,whenhearosetohisfeet,andshakingoffhisapathy,hesuddenlyassumedthemannerofanIndian,andadoptedalltheartsofnativeeloquence.Elevatinganarm,hepointedoutthetrackofthesun,repeatingthegestureforeverydaythatwasnecessarytoaccomplishtheirobject.

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