Останній з Могікан
Chapter 19
"No,no,thesarpentknewhiserrand;norwasthereanygreatmistakeinthematter,forthereisbutlittleloveatweenaDelawareandaMingo,lettheirtribesgoouttofightforwhomtheymay,inawhitequarrel.Forthatmatter,thoughtheOneidasdoservehissacredmajesty,whoismyownsovereignlordandmaster,Ishouldnothavedeliberatedlongaboutlettingoff‘Killdeer’attheimpmyself,hadluckthrownhiminmyway."
"Thatwouldhavebeenanabuseofourtreaties,andunworthyofyourcharacter."
"Whenamanconsortsmuchwithapeople,"continuedHawkeye,"iftheyarehonestandhenoknave,lovewillgrowupatwixtthem.Itistruethatwhitecunninghasmanagedtothrowthetribesintogreatconfusionasrespectsfriendsandenemies;sothattheHuronsandtheOneidas,whospeakthesametongue,orwhatmaybecalledthesame,takeeachother’sscalps,andtheDelawaresaredividedamongthemselves;afewhangingabouttheirgreatcouncil-fireontheirownriver,andfightingonthesamesidewiththeMingos,whilethegreaterpartareintheCanadas,outofnaturalenmitytotheMaquas—thusthrowingeverythingintodisorder,anddestroyingalltheharmonyofwarfare.Yetarednatur’isnotlikelytoalterwitheveryshiftofpolicy;sothattheloveatwixtaMohicanandaMingoismuchliketheregardbetweenawhitemanandasarpent."
"Iregrettohearit;forIhadbelievedthosenativeswhodweltwithinourboundarieshadfoundustoojustandliberal,nottoidentifythemselvesfullywithourquarrels."
