Останній з Могікан
Chapter 24
Inshort,hesomanagedhisallusions,thatinanation,whichwascomposedofsofewfamilies,hecontrivedtostrikeeverychordthatmightfind,initsturn,somebreastinwhichtovibrate.
"Arethebonesofmyyoungmen,"heconcluded,"intheburial-placeoftheHurons?Youknowtheyarenot.Theirspiritsaregonetowardsthesettingsun,andarealreadycrossingthegreatwaters,tothehappyhunting-grounds.Buttheydepartedwithoutfood,withoutgunsorknives,withoutmoccasins,nakedandpoorastheywereborn.Shallthisbe?AretheirsoulstoenterthelandofthejustlikehungryIroquoisorunmanlyDelawares;orshalltheymeettheirfriendswitharmsintheirhandsandrobesontheirbacks?WhatwillourfathersthinkthetribesoftheWyandotshavebecome?Theywilllookontheirchildrenwithadarkeye,andsay,Go!aChippewahascomehitherwiththenameofaHuron.Brothers,wemustnotforgetthedead;aredskinneverceasestoremember.WewillloadthebackofthisMohicanuntilhestaggersunderourbounty,anddespatchhimaftermyyoungmen.Theycalltousforaid,thoughourearsarenotopen;theysay,Forgetusnot.WhentheyseethespiritofthisMohicantoilingafterthemwithhisburden,theywillknowweareofthatmind.Thenwilltheygoonhappy;andourchildrenwillsay,‘Sodidourfatherstotheirfriends,somustwedotothem.’WhatisaYengee?wehaveslainmany,buttheearthisstillpale.AstainonthenameofaHuroncanonlybehidbybloodthatcomesfromtheveinsofanIndian.LetthisDelawaredie."
