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Chapter 31

           Athirdcoloredthepostswithstripesofadarkredpaint;allwhichindicationsofahostiledesignintheleadersofthenationwerereceivedbythemenwithoutinagloomyandominoussilence.Finally,theMohicanhimselfreappeared,divestedofallhisattireexcepthisgirdleandleggings,andwithone-halfofhisfinefeatureshidunderacloudofthreateningblack.

           Uncasmovedwithaslowanddignifiedtreadtowardsthepost,whichheimmediatelycommencedencirclingwithameasuredstep,notunlikeanancientdance,raisinghisvoice,atthesametime,inthewildandirregularchantofhiswar-song.Thenoteswereintheextremesofhumansounds;beingsometimesmelancholyandexquisitelyplaintive,evenrivallingthemelodyofbirdsandthen,bysuddenandstartlingtransitions,causingtheauditorstotremblebytheirdepthandenergy.Thewordswerefewandoftenrepeated,proceedinggraduallyfromasortofinvocation,orhymntotheDeity,toanintimationofthewarrior’sobject,andterminatingastheycommencedwithanacknowledgmentofhisowndependenceontheGreatSpirit.Ifitwerepossibletotranslatethecomprehensiveandmelodiouslanguageinwhichhespoke,theodemightreadsomethinglikethefollowing:

           "Manitou!Manitou!Manitou!

           Thouartgreat,thouartgood,thouartwise:

           Manitou!Manitou!

           Thouartjust.

           "Intheheavens,intheclouds,O,Isee

           Manyspotsmanydark,manyred:

           Intheheavens,O,Isee

           Manyclouds.

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