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           "Whatnow,lad?"demandedHawkeye;"yousavedaHuronfromthedeath-shriekbythatword;haveyoureasonforwhatyoudo?"

           Uncaspointedtowardstherockyshorealittleintheirfront,whenceanotherwarcanoewasdartingdirectlyacrosstheircourse.Itwastooobviousnowthattheirsituationwasimminentlyperiloustoneedtheaidoflanguagetoconfirmit.Thescoutlaidasidehisrifle,andresumedthepaddle,whileChingachgookinclinedthebowsofthecanoealittletowardsthewesternshore,inordertoincreasethedistancebetweenthemandthisnewenemy.Inthemeantimetheywereremindedofthepresenceofthosewhopressedupontheirrear,bywildandexultingshouts.ThestirringsceneawakenedevenMunrofromhisapathy.

           "Letusmakefortherocksonthemain,"hesaid,withthemienofatiredsoldier,"andgivebattletothesavages.GodforbidthatI,orthoseattachedtomeandmine,shouldevertrustagaintothefaithofanyservantoftheLouis’s!"

           "HewhowishestoprosperinIndianwarfare,"returnedthescout,"mustnotbetooproudtolearnfromthewitofanative.Layhermorealongtheland,Sagamore;wearedoublingonthevarlets,andperhapstheymaytrytostrikeourtrailonthelongcalculation."

           Hawkeyewasnotmistaken;forwhentheHuronsfoundtheircoursewaslikelytothrowthembehindtheirchase,theyrendereditlessdirect,until,bygraduallybearingmoreandmoreobliquely,thetwocanoeswereerelong,glidingonparallellines,withintwohundredyardsofeachother.