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Chapter 7
"Wehavebeenlikehunterswhohavelostthepointsoftheheavens,andfromwhomthesunhasbeenhidfordays,"saidHawkeye,turningawayfromhiscompanions;"nowwebeginagaintoknowthesignsofourcourse,andthepathsareclearedfrombriers!Seatyourselvesintheshadewhichthemoonthrowsfromyonderbeech—’tisthickerthanthatofthepines—andletuswaitforthatwhichtheLordmaychoosetosendnext.Letallyourconversationbeinwhispers;thoughitwouldbebetter,andperhaps,intheend,wiser,ifeachonehelddiscoursewithhisownthoughts,foratime."
Themannerofthescoutwasseriouslyimpressive,thoughnolongerdistinguishedbyanysignsofunmanlyapprehension.Itwasevidentthathismomentaryweaknesshadvanishedwiththeexplanationofamysterywhichhisownexperiencehadnotservedtofathom;andthoughhenowfeltalltherealitiesoftheiractualcondition,thathewaspreparedtomeetthemwiththeenergyofhishardynature.Thisfeelingseemedalsocommontothenatives,whoplacedthemselvesinpositionswhichcommandedafullviewofbothshores,whiletheirownpersonswereeffectuallyconcealedfromobservation.Insuchcircumstances,commonprudencedictatedthatHeywardandhiscompanionsshouldimitateacautionthatproceededfromsointelligentasource.
