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Chapter 20
AvolleyfromtheHuronsinterruptedthediscourse,andasthebulletswhistledaboutthem,DuncansawtheheadofUncasturned,lookingbackathimselfandMunro.Notwithstandingthenearnessoftheenemy,andhisowngreatpersonaldanger,thecountenanceoftheyoungwarriorexpressednootheremotion,astheformerwascompelledtothink,thanamazementatfindingmenwillingtoencountersouselessanexposure.Chingachgookwasprobablybetteracquaintedwiththenotionsofwhitemen,forhedidnotevencastaglanceasidefromtherivetedlookhiseyemaintainedontheobjectbywhichhegovernedtheircourse.Aballsoonstruckthelightandpolishedpaddlefromthehandsofthechief,anddroveitthroughtheair,farintheadvance.AshoutarosefromtheHurons,whoseizedtheopportunitytofireanothervolley.Uncasdescribedanarcinthewaterwithhisownblade,andasthecanoepassedswiftlyon,Chingachgookrecoveredhispaddle,andflourishingitonhigh,hegavethewar-whoopoftheMohicans,andthenlenthisstrengthandskillagaintotheimportanttask.
Theclamoroussoundsof"LeGrosSerpent!""LaLongueCarabine!""LeCerfAgile!"burstatoncefromthecanoesbehind,andseemedtogivenewzealtothepursuers.Thescoutseized"Killdeer"inhislefthand,andelevatingitabovehishead,heshookitintriumphathisenemies.Thesavagesansweredtheinsultwithayell,andimmediatelyanothervolleysucceeded.Thebulletspatteredalongthelake,andoneevenpiercedthebarkoftheirlittlevessel.
