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Before the Battle

           "Yefrightennotmenwithsuchswellingwords,"hecriedout. "Showyourselvesasboldtomorrow,Oyewhodarkenthemoon. Bebold,fight,andbemerry,beforethecrowspickyourbonestilltheyarewhiterthanyourfaces. Farewell;perhapswemaymeetinthefight; flynottotheStars,butwaitforme,Ipray,whitemen." Withthisshaftofsarcasmheretired,andalmostimmediatelythesunsank. 

           Thatnightwasabusyone,forwearyaswewere,sofaraswaspossiblebythemoonlightallpreparationsforthemorrow’sfightwerecontinued,andmessengerswereconstantlycomingandgoingfromtheplacewherewesatincouncil. Atlast,aboutanhouraftermidnight,everythingthatcouldbedonewasdone,andthecamp,savefortheoccasionalchallengeofasentry,sankintosilence. SirHenryandI,accompaniedbyIgnosiandoneofthechiefs,descendedthehillandmadearoundofthepickets. Aswewent,suddenly,fromallsortsofunexpectedplaces,spearsgleamedoutinthemoonlight,onlytovanishagainwhenweutteredthepassword. Itwascleartousthatnoneweresleepingattheirposts. Thenwereturned,pickingourwaywarilythroughthousandsofsleepingwarriors,manyofwhomweretakingtheirlastearthlyrest. 

           Themoonlightflickeringalongtheirspears,playedupontheirfeaturesandmadethemghastly; thechillynightwindtossedtheirtallandhearse-likeplumes. Theretheylayinwildconfusion,witharmsoutstretchedandtwistedlimbs;theirstern,stalwartformslookingweirdandunhumaninthemoonlight. 

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