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Chapter 29

           "IftheGreatSpiritgavedifferenttonguestohisredchildren,"hecontinued,inalow,still,melancholyvoice,"itwasthatallanimalsmightunderstandthem.SomeHeplacedamongthesnows,withtheircousinthebear.Someheplacednearthesettingsun,ontheroadtothehappyhunting-grounds.Someonthelandsaroundthegreatfreshwaters;buttohisgreatest,andmostbeloved,Hegavethesandsofthesaltlake.Domybrothersknowthenameofthisfavoredpeople?"

           "ItwastheLenape!"exclaimedtwentyeagervoices,inabreath.

           "ItwastheLenniLenape,"returnedMagua,affectingtobendhisheadinreverencetotheirformergreatness."ItwasthetribesoftheLenape!Thesunrosefromwaterthatwassalt,andsetinwaterthatwassweet,andneverhidhimselffromtheireyes.ButwhyshouldI,aHuronofthewoods,tellawisepeopletheirowntraditions?Whyremindthemoftheirinjuries;theirancientgreatness;theirdeeds;theirglory;theirhappinesstheirlosses;theirdefeats;theirmisery?Istherenotoneamongthemwhohasseenitall,andwhoknowsittobetrue?Ihavedone.Mytongueisstill,formyheartisoflead.Ilisten."

           Asthevoiceofthespeakersuddenlyceased,everyfaceandalleyesturned,byacommonmovement,towardsthevenerableTamenund.Fromthemomentthathetookhisseat,untilthepresentinstant,thelipsofthepatriarchhadnotsevered,andscarcelyasignoflifehadescapedhim.

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