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Chapter 23

           Duncan,whounderstoodtheMohicantoalludetothefatalrifleofthescout,bentforwardinearnestobservationoftheeffectitmightproduceontheconquerors;butthechiefwascontentwithsimplyretorting

           "IftheLenapearesoskilful,whyisoneoftheirbravestwarriorshere?"

           "Hefollowedinthestepsofaflyingcoward,andfellintoasnare.Thecunningbeavermaybecaught."

           AsUncasthusreplied,hepointedwithhisfingertowardthesolitaryHuron,butwithoutdeigningtobestowanyothernoticeonsounworthyanobject.Thewordsoftheanswerandtheairofthespeakerproducedastrongsensationamonghisauditors.Everyeyerolledsullenlytowardstheindividualindicatedbythesimplegesture,andalow,threateningmurmurpassedthroughthecrowd.Theominoussoundsreachedtheouterdoor,andthewomenandchildrenpressingintothethrong,nogaphadbeenleft,betweenshoulderandshoulder,thatwasnotnowfilledwiththedarklineamentsofsomeeagerandcurioushumancountenance.

           Inthemeantime,themoreagedchiefs,inthecentre,communedwitheachotherinshortandbrokensentences.Notawordwasutteredthatdidnotconveythemeaningofthespeaker,inthesimplestandmostenergeticform.Again,alonganddeeplysolemnpausetookplace.Itwasknown,byallpresent,tobethegraveprecursorofaweightyandimportantjudgment.

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