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Chapter 3
Noexclamationofsurpriseescapedthefather,norwasanyquestionasked,orreplygiven,forseveralminutes;eachappearingtoawaitthemomentwhenhemightspeak,withoutbetrayingwomanishcuriosityorchildishimpatience.Thewhitemanseemedtotakecounselfromtheircustoms,and,relinquishinghisgraspoftherifle,healsoremainedsilentandreserved.AtlengthChingachgookturnedhiseyesslowlytowardshisson,anddemanded—
"DotheMaquasdaretoleavetheprintoftheirmoccasinsinthesewoods?"
"Ihavebeenontheirtrail,"repliedtheyoungIndian,"andknowthattheynumberasmanyasthefingersofmytwohands;buttheyliehid,likecowards."
"Thethievesareoutlyingforscalpsandplunder!"saidthewhiteman,whomweshallcallHawkeye,afterthemannerofhiscompanions."ThatbushyFrenchman,Montcalm,willsendhisspiesintoourverycamp,buthewillknowwhatroadwetravel!"
"Tisenough!"returnedthefather,glancinghiseyetowardsthesettingsun;"theyshallbedrivenlikedeerfromtheirbushes.Hawkeye,letuseatto-night,andshowtheMaquasthatwearemento-morrow."
