Останній з Могікан

           Theycautionedheragainstunavailingregretsforthefriendsofheryouth,andthesceneswhereherfathershaddwelt;assuringherthatthe"blessedhunting-groundsoftheLenape"containedvalesaspleasant,streamsaspure,andflowersassweet,asthe"heavenofthepale-faces."Theyadvisedhertobeattentivetothewantsofhercompanion,andnevertoforgetthedistinctionwhichtheManitouhadsowiselyestablishedbetweenthem.Then,inawildburstoftheirchant,theysangwithunitedvoicesthetemperoftheMohican’smind.Theypronouncedhimnoble,manlyandgenerous;allthatbecameawarrior,andallthatamaidmightlove.Clothingtheirideasinthemostremoteandsubtleimages,theybetrayed,that,intheshortperiodoftheirintercourse,theyhaddiscovered,withtheintuitiveperceptionoftheirsex,thetruantdispositionofhisinclinations.TheDelawaregirlshadfoundnofavorinhiseyes!Hewasofaracethathadoncebeenlordsontheshoresofthesaltlake,andhiswisheshadledhimbacktoapeoplewhodweltaboutthegravesofhisfathers.Whyshouldnotsuchapredilectionbeencouraged!Thatshewasofabloodpurerandricherthantherestofhernation,anyeyemighthaveseen;thatshewasequaltothedangersanddaringofalifeinthewoods,herconducthadproved;andnow,theyadded,the"wiseoneoftheearth"hadtransplantedhertoaplacewhereshewouldfindcongenialspirits,andmightbeforeverhappy.