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           Apprehensivethattheparthehadtakenintheescapemightprovefataltohimself,Duncanlefttheplacewithoutdelay.Hefollowedthecrowd,whichdrewnighthelodges,gloomyandsullen,likeanyothermultitudethathadbeendisappointedinanexecution.Curiosity,orperhapsabetterfeeling,inducedhimtoapproachthestranger.Hefoundhim,standingwithonearmcastabouttheprotectingpost,andbreathingthickandhard,afterhisexertions,butdisdainingtopermitasinglesignofsufferingtoescape.Hispersonwasnowprotectedbyimmemorialandsacredusage,untilthetribeincouncilhaddeliberatedanddeterminedonhisfate.Itwasnotdifficult,however,toforetelltheresult,ifanypresagecouldbedrawnfromthefeelingsofthosewhocrowdedtheplace.

           TherewasnotermofabuseknowntotheHuronvocabularythatthedisappointedwomendidnotlavishlyexpendonthesuccessfulstranger.Theyfloutedathisefforts,andtoldhim,withbitterscoffs,thathisfeetwerebetterthanhishands;andthathemeritedwings,whileheknewnottheuseofanarroworaknife.Toallthisthecaptivemadenoreply;butwascontenttopreserveanattitudeinwhichdignitywassingularlyblendedwithdisdain.Exasperatedasmuchbyhiscomposureasbyhisgood-fortune,theirwordsbecameunintelligible,andweresucceededbyshrill,piercingyells.Justthenthecraftysquaw,whohadtakenthenecessaryprecautiontofirethepiles,madeherwaythroughthethrong,andclearedaplaceforherselfinfrontofthecaptive.