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           "LaLongueCarabine!"exclaimedTamenund,openinghiseyes,andregardingthescoutsternly."Mysonhasnotdonewelltocallhimfriend."

           "Icallhimsowhoproveshimselfsuch,"returnedtheyoungchief,withgreatcalmness,butwithasteadymien."IfUncasiswelcomeamongtheDelawares,thenisHawkeyewithhisfriends."

           "Thepale-facehasslainmyyoungmen;hisnameisgreatfortheblowshehasstrucktheLenape."

           "IfaMingohaswhisperedthatmuchintheearoftheDelaware,hehasonlyshownthatheisasinging-bird,"saidthescout,whonowbelievedthatitwastimetovindicatehimselffromsuchoffensivecharges,andwhospokeinthetongueofthemanheaddressed,modifyinghisIndianfigures,however,withhisownpeculiarnotions."ThatIhaveslaintheMaquasIamnotthemantodeny,evenattheirowncouncil-fires;butthat,knowingly,myhandhaseverharmedaDelaware,isopposedtothereasonofmygifts,whichisfriendlytothem,andallthatbelongstotheirnation."

           Alowexclamationofapplausepassedamongthewarriors,whoexchangedlookswitheachotherlikementhatfirstbegantoperceivetheirerror.

           "WhereistheHuron?"demandedTamenund."Hashestoppedmyears?"

           Magua,whosefeelingsduringthatsceneinwhichUncashadtriumphedmaybemuchbetterimaginedthandescribed,answeredtothecallbysteppingboldlyinfrontofthepatriarch.

           "ThejustTamenund,"hesaid,"willnotkeepwhataHuronhaslent."