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Chapter 33
Thewordswereconnectedbynoregularcontinuation,butasoneceasedanothertookuptheeulogy,orlamentation,whicheveritmightbecalled,andgaveventtoheremotionsinsuchlanguageaswassuggestedbyherfeelingsandtheoccasion.Atintervalsthespeakerwasinterruptedbygeneralandloudburstsofsorrow,duringwhichthegirlsaroundthebierofCorapluckedtheplantsandflowersblindlyfromherbody,asifbewilderedwithgrief.But,inthemildermomentsoftheirplaint,theseemblemsofpurityandsweetnesswerecastbacktotheirplaces,witheverysignoftendernessandregret.Thoughrenderedlessconnectedbymanyandgeneralinterruptionsandoutbreakings,atranslationoftheirlanguagewouldhavecontainedaregulardescant,which,insubstance,mighthaveprovedtopossessatrainofconsecutiveideas.
Agirl,selectedforthetaskbyherrankandqualifications,commencedbymodestallusionstothequalitiesofthedeceasedwarrior,embellishingherexpressionswiththoseorientalimagesthattheIndianshaveprobablybroughtwiththemfromtheextremesoftheothercontinent,andwhichformofthemselvesalinktoconnecttheancienthistoriesofthetwoworlds.Shecalledhimthe"pantherofhistribe";anddescribedhimasonewhosemoccasinleftnotrailonthedews;whoseboundwasliketheleapoftheyoungfawn;whoseeyewasbrighterthanastarinthedarknight;andwhosevoice,inbattle,wasloudasthethunderoftheManitou.
