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Chapter 23
Thesqualidandwitheredpersonofthishagmightwellhaveobtainedforherthecharacterofpossessingmorethanhumancunning.Throwingbackherlightvestment,shestretchedforthherlongskinnyarm,inderision,andusingthelanguageoftheLenape,asmoreintelligibletothesubjectofhergibes,shecommencedaloud—
"Lookyou,Delaware!"shesaid,snappingherfingersinhisface;"yournationisaraceofwomen,andthehoeisbetterfittedtoyourhandsthanthegun.Yoursquawsarethemothersofdeer;butifabear,orawildcat,oraserpentwerebornamongyou,yewouldflee.TheHurongirlsshallmakeyoupetticoats,andwewillfindyouahusband."
Aburstofsavagelaughtersucceededthisattack,duringwhichthesoftandmusicalmerrimentoftheyoungerfemalesstrangelychimedwiththecrackedvoiceoftheirolderandmoremalignantcompanion.Butthestrangerwassuperiortoalltheirefforts.Hisheadwasimmovable;nordidhebetraytheslightestconsciousnessthatanywerepresent,exceptwhenhishaughtyeyerolledtowardstheduskyformsofthewarriors,whostalkedinthebackground,silentandsullenobserversofthescene.
Infuriatedattheself-commandofthecaptive,thewomanplacedherarmsakimbo;andthrowingherselfintoapostureofdefiance,shebrokeoutanew,inatorrentofwordsthatnoartofourscouldcommitsuccessfullytopaper.