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The
fresh
and
boundless
wood
;
And
torrents
dashed
,
and
rivulets
played
,
And
fountains
spouted
in
the
shade
.
"
Bryant
.
Leaving
the
unsuspecting
Heyward
and
his
confiding
companions
to
penetrate
still
deeper
into
a
forest
that
contained
such
treacherous
inmates
,
we
must
use
an
author
's
privilege
,
and
shift
the
scene
a
few
miles
to
the
westward
of
the
place
where
we
have
last
seen
them
.
On
that
day
,
two
men
were
lingering
on
the
banks
of
a
small
but
rapid
stream
,
within
an
hour
's
journey
of
the
encampment
of
Webb
,
like
those
who
awaited
the
appearance
of
an
absent
person
,
or
the
approach
of
some
expected
event
.
The
vast
canopy
of
woods
spread
itself
to
the
margin
of
the
river
overhanging
the
water
,
and
shadowing
its
dark
current
with
a
deeper
hue
.
The
rays
of
the
sun
were
beginning
to
grow
less
fierce
,
and
the
intense
heat
of
the
day
was
lessened
,
as
the
cooler
vapors
of
the
springs
and
fountains
rose
above
their
leafy
beds
,
and
rested
in
the
atmosphere
.
Still
that
breathing
silence
,
which
marks
the
drowsy
sultriness
of
an
American
landscape
in
July
,
pervaded
the
secluded
spot
,
interrupted
only
by
the
low
voices
of
the
men
,
the
occasional
and
lazy
tap
of
a
woodpecker
,
the
discordant
cry
of
some
gaudy
jay
,
or
a
swelling
on
the
ear
,
from
the
dull
roar
of
a
distant
waterfall
.
These
feeble
and
broken
sounds
were
,
however
,
too
familiar
to
the
foresters
,
to
draw
their
attention
from
the
more
interesting
matter
of
their
dialogue
.
While
one
of
these
loiterers
showed
the
red
skin
and
wild
accoutrements
of
a
native
of
the
woods
,
the
other
exhibited
,
through
the
mask
of
his
rude
and
nearly
savage
equipments
,
the
brighter
,
though
sunburnt
and
long-faded
complexion
of
one
who
might
claim
descent
from
a
European
parentage
.
The
former
was
seated
on
the
end
of
a
mossy
log
,
in
a
posture
that
permitted
him
to
heighten
the
effect
of
his
earnest
language
,
by
the
calm
but
expressive
gestures
of
an
Indian
engaged
in
debate
.
His
body
,
which
was
nearly
naked
,
presented
a
terrific
emblem
of
death
,
drawn
in
intermingled
colors
of
white
and
black
.
His
closely
shaved
head
,
on
which
no
other
hair
than
the
well
known
and
chivalrous
scalping
tuft
was
preserved
,
was
without
ornament
of
any
kind
,
with
the
exception
of
a
solitary
eagle
's
plume
,
that
crossed
his
crown
,
and
depended
over
the
left
shoulder
.
A
tomahawk
and
scalping-knife
,
of
English
manufacture
,
were
in
his
girdle
;
while
a
short
military
rifle
,
of
that
sort
with
which
the
policy
of
the
whites
armed
their
savage
allies
,
lay
carelessly
across
his
bare
and
sinewy
knee
.
The
expanded
chest
,
full
formed
limbs
,
and
grave
countenance
of
this
warrior
,
would
denote
that
he
had
reached
the
vigor
of
his
days
,
though
no
symptoms
of
decay
appeared
to
have
yet
weakened
his
manhood
.
The
frame
of
the
white
man
,
judging
by
such
parts
as
were
not
concealed
by
his
clothes
,
was
like
that
of
one
who
had
known
hardships
and
exertion
from
his
earliest
youth
.
His
person
,
though
muscular
,
was
rather
attenuated
than
full
;
but
every
nerve
and
muscle
appeared
strung
and
indurated
by
unremitted
exposure
and
toil
.
He
wore
a
hunting-shirt
of
forest
green
,
fringed
with
faded
yellow
,
and
a
summer
cap
of
skins
which
had
been
shorn
of
their
fur
.
He
also
bore
a
knife
in
a
girdle
of
wampum
,
like
that
which
confined
the
scanty
garments
of
the
Indian
,
but
no
tomahawk
.
His
moccasins
were
ornamented
after
the
gay
fashion
of
the
natives
,
while
the
only
part
of
his
under-dress
which
appeared
below
the
hunting-frock
,
was
a
pair
of
buckskin
leggings
,
that
laced
at
the
sides
,
and
which
were
gartered
above
the
knees
with
the
sinews
of
a
deer
.
A
pouch
and
horn
completed
his
personal
accoutrements
,
though
a
rifle
of
great
length
,
which
the
theory
of
the
more
ingenious
whites
had
taught
them
was
the
most
dangerous
of
all
fire-arms
,
leaned
against
a
neighboring
sapling
.
The
eye
of
the
hunter
,
or
scout
,
whichever
he
might
be
,
was
small
,
quick
,
keen
,
and
restless
,
roving
while
he
spoke
,
on
every
side
of
him
,
as
if
in
quest
of
game
,
or
distrusting
the
sudden
approach
of
some
lurking
enemy
.
Notwithstanding
the
symptoms
of
habitual
suspicion
,
his
countenance
was
not
only
without
guile
,
but
at
the
moment
at
which
he
is
introduced
,
it
was
charged
with
an
expression
of
sturdy
honesty
.
