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In
short
,
it
was
the
scene
of
wildness
and
desolation
;
and
it
appeared
as
if
all
who
had
profanely
entered
it
had
been
stricken
,
at
a
blow
,
by
the
relentless
arm
of
death
.
But
the
prohibition
had
ceased
;
and
for
the
first
time
since
the
perpetrators
of
those
foul
deeds
which
had
assisted
to
disfigure
the
scene
were
gone
,
living
human
beings
had
now
presumed
to
approach
the
place
.
About
an
hour
before
the
setting
of
the
sun
,
on
the
day
already
mentioned
,
the
forms
of
five
men
might
have
been
seen
issuing
from
the
narrow
vista
of
trees
,
where
the
path
to
the
Hudson
entered
the
forest
,
and
advancing
in
the
direction
of
the
ruined
works
.
At
first
their
progress
was
slow
and
guarded
,
as
though
they
entered
with
reluctance
amid
the
horrors
of
the
spot
,
or
dreaded
the
renewal
of
its
frightful
incidents
.
A
light
figure
preceded
the
rest
of
the
party
,
with
the
caution
and
activity
of
a
native
;
ascending
every
hillock
to
reconnoitre
,
and
indicating
,
by
gestures
,
to
his
companions
,
the
route
he
deemed
it
most
prudent
to
pursue
.
Nor
were
those
in
the
rear
wanting
in
every
caution
and
foresight
known
to
forest
warfare
.
One
among
them
,
he
also
was
an
Indian
,
moved
a
little
on
one
flank
,
and
watched
the
margin
of
the
woods
,
with
eyes
long
accustomed
to
read
the
smallest
sign
of
danger
.
The
remaining
three
were
white
,
though
clad
in
vestments
adapted
,
both
in
quality
and
color
,
to
their
present
hazardous
pursuit
--
that
of
hanging
on
the
skirts
of
a
retiring
army
in
the
wilderness
.
The
effects
produced
by
the
appalling
sights
that
constantly
arose
in
their
path
to
the
lake
shore
,
were
as
different
as
the
characters
of
the
respective
individuals
who
composed
the
party
.
The
youth
in
front
threw
serious
but
furtive
glances
at
the
mangled
victims
,
as
he
stepped
lightly
across
the
plain
,
afraid
to
exhibit
his
feelings
,
and
yet
too
inexperienced
to
quell
entirely
their
sudden
and
powerful
influence
.
His
red
associate
,
however
,
was
superior
to
such
a
weakness
.
He
passed
the
groups
of
dead
with
a
steadiness
of
purpose
,
and
an
eye
so
calm
,
that
nothing
but
long
and
inveterate
practice
could
enable
him
to
maintain
.
The
sensations
produced
in
the
minds
of
even
the
white
men
were
different
,
though
uniformly
sorrowful
.
One
,
whose
gray
locks
and
furrowed
lineaments
,
blending
with
a
martial
air
and
tread
,
betrayed
,
in
spite
of
the
disguise
of
a
woodsman
's
dress
,
a
man
long
experienced
in
scenes
of
war
,
was
not
ashamed
to
groan
aloud
,
whenever
a
spectacle
of
more
than
usual
horror
came
under
his
view
.
The
young
man
at
his
elbow
shuddered
,
but
seemed
to
suppress
his
feelings
in
tenderness
to
his
companion
.
Of
them
all
,
the
straggler
who
brought
up
the
rear
appeared
alone
to
betray
his
real
thoughts
,
without
fear
of
observation
or
dread
of
consequences
.
He
gazed
at
the
most
appalling
sight
with
eyes
and
muscles
that
knew
not
how
to
waver
,
but
with
execrations
so
bitter
and
deep
as
to
denote
how
much
he
denounced
the
crime
of
his
enemies
.
The
reader
will
perceive
at
once
,
in
these
respective
characters
,
the
Mohicans
,
and
their
white
friend
,
the
scout
;
together
with
Munro
and
Heyward
.
It
was
,
in
truth
,
the
father
in
quest
of
his
children
,
attended
by
the
youth
who
felt
so
deep
a
stake
in
their
happiness
,
and
those
brave
and
trusty
foresters
,
who
had
already
proved
their
skill
and
fidelity
through
the
trying
scenes
related
.
When
Uncas
,
who
moved
in
front
,
had
reached
the
centre
of
the
plain
,
he
raised
a
cry
that
drew
his
companions
in
a
body
to
the
spot
.
The
young
warrior
had
halted
over
a
group
of
females
who
lay
in
a
cluster
,
a
confused
mass
of
dead
.
Notwithstanding
the
revolting
horror
of
the
exhibition
,
Munro
and
Heyward
flew
towards
the
festering
heap
,
endeavoring
,
with
a
love
that
no
unseemliness
could
extinguish
,
to
discover
whether
any
vestiges
of
those
they
sought
were
to
be
seen
among
the
tattered
and
many-colored
garments
.
The
father
and
lover
found
instant
relief
in
the
search
;
though
each
was
condemned
again
to
experience
the
misery
of
an
uncertainty
that
was
hardly
less
insupportable
than
the
most
revolting
truth
.
They
were
standing
,
silent
and
thoughtful
,
around
the
melancholy
pile
,
when
the
scout
approached
.
Eying
the
sad
spectacle
with
an
angry
countenance
,
the
sturdy
woodsman
,
for
the
first
time
since
his
entering
the
plain
,
spoke
intelligibly
and
aloud
:
--
"
I
have
been
on
many
a
shocking
field
,
and
have
followed
a
trail
of
blood
for
many
miles
,
"
he
said
,
"
but
never
have
I
found
the
hand
of
the
devil
so
plain
as
it
is
here
to
be
seen
!
Revenge
is
an
Indian
feeling
,
and
all
who
know
me
know
that
there
is
no
cross
in
my
veins
;
but
this
much
will
I
say
--
here
,
in
the
face
of
heaven
,
and
with
the
power
of
the
Lord
so
manifest
in
this
howling
wilderness
--
that
should
these
Frenchers
ever
trust
themselves
again
within
the
range
of
a
ragged
bullet
,
there
is
one
rifle
shall
play
its
part
,
so
long
as
flint
will
fire
or
powder
burn
!
I
leave
the
tomahawk
and
knife
to
such
as
have
a
natural
gift
to
use
them
.
What
say
you
,
Chingachgook
,
"
he
added
in
Delaware
;
"
shall
the
Hurons
boast
of
this
to
their
women
when
the
deep
snows
come
?
"
A
gleam
of
resentment
flashed
across
the
dark
lineaments
of
the
Mohican
chief
:
he
loosened
his
knife
in
its
sheath
;
and
then
turning
calmly
from
the
sight
,
his
countenance
settled
into
a
repose
as
deep
as
if
he
never
knew
the
instigation
of
passion
.
