Останній з Могікан
Chapter 32
"Notso,notso,"returnedthescout;"whenhescentshisfriends,hewillletthemknowthatheishere.See,see;theknavesaregettinginthatclumpofpines,likebeessettlingaftertheirflight.BytheLord,asquawmightputabulletintothecentreofsuchaknotofdarkskins!"
Atthatinstantthewhoopwasgiven,andadozenHuronsfellbyadischargefromChingachgookandhisband.Theshoutthatfollowedwasansweredbyasinglewar-cryfromtheforest,andayellpassedthroughtheairthatsoundedasifathousandthroatswereunitedinacommoneffort.TheHuronsstaggered,desertingthecentreoftheirline,andUncasissuedfromtheforestthroughtheopeningtheyleft,attheheadofahundredwarriors.
Wavinghishandsrightandleft,theyoungchiefpointedouttheenemytohisfollowers,whoseparatedinpursuit.Thewarnowdivided,bothwingsofthebrokenHuronsseekingprotectioninthewoodsagain,hotlypressedbythevictoriouswarriorsoftheLenape.Aminutemighthavepassed,butthesoundswerealreadyrecedingindifferentdirections,andgraduallylosingtheirdistinctnessbeneaththeechoingarchesofthewoods.OnelittleknotofHurons,however,haddisdainedtoseekacover,andwereretiring,likelionsatbay,slowlyandsullenlyuptheacclivitywhichChingachgookandhisbandhadjustdeserted,tominglemorecloselyinthefray.Maguawasconspicuousinthisparty,bothbyhisfierceandsavagemien,andbytheairofhaughtyauthorityheyetmaintained.
