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           "Notso,notso,"returnedthescout;"whenhescentshisfriends,hewillletthemknowthatheishere.See,see;theknavesaregettinginthatclumpofpines,likebeessettlingaftertheirflight.BytheLord,asquawmightputabulletintothecentreofsuchaknotofdarkskins!"

           Atthatinstantthewhoopwasgiven,andadozenHuronsfellbyadischargefromChingachgookandhisband.Theshoutthatfollowedwasansweredbyasinglewar-cryfromtheforest,andayellpassedthroughtheairthatsoundedasifathousandthroatswereunitedinacommoneffort.TheHuronsstaggered,desertingthecentreoftheirline,andUncasissuedfromtheforestthroughtheopeningtheyleft,attheheadofahundredwarriors.

           Wavinghishandsrightandleft,theyoungchiefpointedouttheenemytohisfollowers,whoseparatedinpursuit.Thewarnowdivided,bothwingsofthebrokenHuronsseekingprotectioninthewoodsagain,hotlypressedbythevictoriouswarriorsoftheLenape.Aminutemighthavepassed,butthesoundswerealreadyrecedingindifferentdirections,andgraduallylosingtheirdistinctnessbeneaththeechoingarchesofthewoods.OnelittleknotofHurons,however,haddisdainedtoseekacover,andwereretiring,likelionsatbay,slowlyandsullenlyuptheacclivitywhichChingachgookandhisbandhadjustdeserted,tominglemorecloselyinthefray.Maguawasconspicuousinthisparty,bothbyhisfierceandsavagemien,andbytheairofhaughtyauthorityheyetmaintained.