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Chapter 28

           Theinhabitantsofthevillageansweredhissalutebyalowmurmurofwelcome,andencouragedhimtoadvancebysimilarindicationsoffriendship.Fortifiedbytheseassurances,thedarkfigureleftthebrowofthenaturalrockyterrace,whereithadstoodamoment,drawninastrongoutlineagainsttheblushingmorningsky,andmovedwithdignityintotheverycentreofthehuts.Asheapproached,nothingwasaudiblebuttherattlingofthelightsilverornamentsthatloadedhisarmsandneck,andthetinklingofthelittlebellsthatfringedhisdeer-skinmoccasins.Hemade,asheadvanced,manycourteoussignsofgreetingtothemenhepassed,neglectingtonoticethewomen,however,likeonewhodeemedtheirfavor,inthepresententerprise,ofnoimportance.Whenhehadreachedthegroupinwhichitwasevident,bythehaughtinessoftheircommonmien,thattheprincipalchiefswerecollected,thestrangerpaused,andthentheDelawaressawthattheactiveanderectformthatstoodbeforethemwasthatofthewell-knownHuronchief,LeRenardSubtil.

           Hisreceptionwasgrave,silent,andwary.Thewarriorsinfrontsteppedaside,openingthewaytotheirmostapprovedoratorbytheaction;onewhospokeallthoselanguagesthatwerecultivatedamongthenorthernaborigines.

           "ThewiseHuroniswelcome,"saidtheDelaware,inthelanguageoftheMaquas;"heiscometoeathis‘succotash,’withhisbrothersofthelakes."

           "Heiscome,"repeatedMagua,bendinghisheadwiththedignityofanEasternprince.

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