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Chapter 32

           Youknowme,Mohican;notaHuronofthemallshallcrosstheswell,intoyourrear,withoutthenoticeof‘Killdeer.’"

           TheIndianchiefpausedanothermomenttoconsiderthesignsofthecontest,whichwasnowrollingrapidlyuptheascent,acertainevidencethattheDelawarestriumphed;nordidheactuallyquittheplaceuntiladmonishedoftheproximityofhisfriends,aswellasenemies,bythebulletsoftheformer,whichbegantopatteramongthedriedleavesontheground,likethebitsoffallinghailwhichprecedetheburstingofthetempest.Hawkeyeandhisthreecompanionswithdrewafewpacestoashelter,andawaitedtheissuewithcalmness,thatnothingbutgreatpracticecouldimpartinsuchascene.

           Itwasnotlongbeforethereportsoftheriflesbegantolosetheechoesofthewoods,andtosoundlikeweaponsdischargedintheopenair.Thenawarriorappeared,hereandthere,driventotheskirtsoftheforest,andrallyingasheenteredtheclearing,asattheplacewherethefinalstandwastobemade.Theseweresoonjoinedbytheothers,untilalonglineofswarthyfigureswastobeseenclingingtothecoverwiththeobstinacyofdesperation.Heywardbegantogrowimpatient,andturnedhiseyesanxiouslyinthedirectionofChingachgook.Thechiefwasseatedonarock,withnothingvisiblebuthiscalmvisage,consideringthespectaclewithaneyeasdeliberateasifhewerepostedtheremerelytoviewthestruggle.

           "ThetimeiscomefortheDelawarestostrike!"saidDuncan.

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