Останній з Могікан
Chapter 28
Theinhabitantsofthevillageansweredhissalutebyalowmurmurofwelcome,andencouragedhimtoadvancebysimilarindicationsoffriendship.Fortifiedbytheseassurances,thedarkfigureleftthebrowofthenaturalrockyterrace,whereithadstoodamoment,drawninastrongoutlineagainsttheblushingmorningsky,andmovedwithdignityintotheverycentreofthehuts.Asheapproached,nothingwasaudiblebuttherattlingofthelightsilverornamentsthatloadedhisarmsandneck,andthetinklingofthelittlebellsthatfringedhisdeer-skinmoccasins.Hemade,asheadvanced,manycourteoussignsofgreetingtothemenhepassed,neglectingtonoticethewomen,however,likeonewhodeemedtheirfavor,inthepresententerprise,ofnoimportance.Whenhehadreachedthegroupinwhichitwasevident,bythehaughtinessoftheircommonmien,thattheprincipalchiefswerecollected,thestrangerpaused,andthentheDelawaressawthattheactiveanderectformthatstoodbeforethemwasthatofthewell-knownHuronchief,LeRenardSubtil.
Hisreceptionwasgrave,silent,andwary.Thewarriorsinfrontsteppedaside,openingthewaytotheirmostapprovedoratorbytheaction;onewhospokeallthoselanguagesthatwerecultivatedamongthenorthernaborigines.
"ThewiseHuroniswelcome,"saidtheDelaware,inthelanguageoftheMaquas;"heiscometoeathis‘succotash,’withhisbrothersofthelakes."
"Heiscome,"repeatedMagua,bendinghisheadwiththedignityofanEasternprince.
