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It
was
easy
to
follow
the
track
of
the
Narragansetts
,
but
they
seemed
only
to
have
wandered
without
guides
,
or
any
other
object
than
the
pursuit
of
food
.
At
length
Uncas
,
who
,
with
his
father
,
had
endeavored
to
trace
the
route
of
the
horses
,
came
upon
a
sign
of
their
presence
that
was
quite
recent
.
Before
following
the
clue
,
he
communicated
his
success
to
his
companions
;
and
while
the
latter
were
consulting
on
the
circumstance
,
the
youth
reappeared
,
leading
the
two
fillies
,
with
their
saddles
broken
,
and
the
housings
soiled
,
as
though
they
had
been
permitted
to
run
at
will
for
several
days
.
"
What
should
this
mean
?
"
said
Duncan
,
turning
pale
,
and
glancing
his
eyes
around
him
,
as
if
he
feared
the
brush
and
leaves
were
about
to
give
up
some
horrid
secret
.
"
That
our
march
is
come
to
a
quick
end
,
and
that
we
are
in
an
enemy
's
country
,
"
returned
the
scout
.
"
Had
the
knaves
been
pressed
,
and
the
gentle
ones
wanted
horses
to
keep
up
with
the
party
,
he
might
have
taken
their
scalps
;
but
without
an
enemy
at
his
heels
,
and
with
such
rugged
beasts
as
these
,
he
would
not
hurt
a
hair
of
their
heads
.
I
know
your
thoughts
,
and
shame
be
it
to
our
color
that
you
have
reason
for
them
;
but
he
who
thinks
that
even
a
Mingo
would
ill-treat
a
woman
,
unless
it
be
to
tomahawk
her
,
knows
nothing
of
Indian
natur
'
,
or
the
laws
of
the
woods
.
No
,
no
;
I
have
heard
that
the
French
Indians
had
come
into
these
hills
,
to
hunt
the
moose
,
and
we
are
getting
within
scent
of
their
camp
.
Why
should
they
not
?
the
morning
and
evening
guns
of
Ty
may
be
heard
any
day
among
these
mountains
;
for
the
Frenchers
are
running
a
new
line
atween
the
provinces
of
the
king
and
the
Canadas
.
It
is
true
that
the
horses
are
here
,
but
the
Hurons
are
gone
;
let
us
then
hunt
for
the
path
by
which
they
departed
.
"
Hawkeye
and
the
Mohicans
now
applied
themselves
to
their
task
in
good
earnest
.
A
circle
of
a
few
hundred
feet
in
circumference
was
drawn
,
and
each
of
the
party
took
a
segment
for
his
portion
.
The
examination
,
however
,
resulted
in
no
discovery
.
The
impressions
of
footsteps
were
numerous
,
but
they
all
appeared
like
those
of
men
who
had
wandered
about
the
spot
,
without
any
design
to
quit
it
.
Again
the
scout
and
his
companions
made
the
circuit
of
the
halting-place
,
each
slowly
following
the
other
,
until
they
assembled
in
the
centre
once
more
,
no
wiser
than
when
they
started
.
"
Such
cunning
is
not
without
its
deviltry
,
"
exclaimed
Hawkeye
,
when
he
met
the
disappointed
looks
of
his
assistants
.
"
We
must
get
down
to
it
,
Sagamore
,
beginning
at
the
spring
,
and
going
over
the
ground
by
inches
.
The
Huron
shall
never
brag
in
his
tribe
that
he
has
a
foot
which
leaves
no
print
.
"
Setting
the
example
himself
,
the
scout
engaged
in
the
scrutiny
with
renewed
zeal
.
Not
a
leaf
was
left
unturned
.
The
sticks
were
removed
,
and
the
stones
lifted
;
for
Indian
cunning
was
known
frequently
to
adopt
these
objects
as
covers
,
laboring
with
the
utmost
patience
and
industry
,
to
conceal
each
footstep
as
they
proceeded
.
Still
no
discovery
was
made
.
At
length
Uncas
,
whose
activity
had
enabled
him
to
achieve
his
portion
of
the
task
the
soonest
,
raked
the
earth
across
the
turbid
little
rill
which
ran
from
the
spring
,
and
diverted
its
course
into
another
channel
.
So
soon
as
its
narrow
bed
below
the
dam
was
dry
,
he
stooped
over
it
with
keen
and
curious
eyes
.
A
cry
of
exultation
immediately
announced
the
success
of
the
young
warrior
.
The
whole
party
crowded
to
the
spot
where
Uncas
pointed
out
the
impression
of
a
moccasin
in
the
moist
alluvion
.
