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In
short
,
he
entirely
sacrificed
every
appearance
of
the
warrior
to
the
masquerade
of
a
buffoon
.
Such
exhibitions
were
not
uncommon
among
the
Indians
;
and
as
Duncan
was
already
sufficiently
disguised
in
his
dress
,
there
certainly
did
exist
some
reason
for
believing
that
,
with
his
knowledge
of
French
,
he
might
pass
for
a
juggler
from
Ticonderoga
,
straggling
among
the
allied
and
friendly
tribes
.
When
he
was
thought
to
be
sufficiently
painted
,
the
scout
gave
him
much
friendly
advice
;
concerted
signals
,
and
appointed
the
place
where
they
should
meet
,
in
the
event
of
mutual
success
.
The
parting
between
Munro
and
his
young
friend
was
more
melancholy
;
still
,
the
former
submitted
to
the
separation
with
an
indifference
that
his
warm
and
honest
nature
would
never
have
permitted
in
a
more
healthful
state
of
mind
.
The
scout
led
Heyward
aside
,
and
acquainted
him
with
his
intention
to
leave
the
veteran
in
some
safe
encampment
,
in
charge
of
Chingachgook
,
while
he
and
Uncas
pursued
their
inquiries
among
the
people
they
had
reason
to
believe
were
Delawares
.
Then
renewing
his
cautions
and
advice
,
he
concluded
by
saying
,
with
a
solemnity
and
warmth
of
feeling
,
with
which
Duncan
was
deeply
touched
:
"
And
now
God
bless
you
!
You
have
shown
a
spirit
that
I
like
;
for
it
is
the
gift
of
youth
,
more
especially
one
of
warm
blood
and
a
stout
heart
.
But
believe
the
warning
of
a
man
who
has
reason
to
know
all
he
says
to
be
true
.
You
will
have
occasion
for
your
best
manhood
,
and
for
a
sharper
wit
than
what
is
to
be
gathered
in
books
,
afore
you
outdo
the
cunning
,
or
get
the
better
of
the
courage
of
a
Mingo
.
God
bless
you
!
if
the
Hurons
master
your
scalp
,
rely
on
the
promise
of
one
who
has
two
stout
warriors
to
back
him
.
They
shall
pay
for
their
victory
,
with
a
life
for
every
hair
it
holds
.
I
say
,
young
gentleman
,
may
Providence
bless
your
undertaking
,
which
is
altogether
for
good
;
and
remember
,
that
to
outwit
the
knaves
it
is
lawful
to
practise
things
that
may
not
be
naturally
the
gift
of
a
white
skin
.
"
Duncan
shook
his
worthy
and
reluctant
associate
warmly
by
the
hand
,
once
more
recommended
his
aged
friend
to
his
care
,
and
returning
his
good
wishes
,
he
motioned
to
David
to
proceed
.
Hawkeye
gazed
after
the
high-spirited
and
adventurous
young
man
for
several
moments
,
in
open
admiration
;
then
shaking
his
head
doubtingly
,
he
turned
,
and
led
his
own
division
of
the
party
into
the
concealment
of
the
forest
.
The
route
taken
by
Duncan
and
David
lay
directly
across
the
clearing
of
the
beavers
,
and
along
the
margin
of
their
pond
.
When
the
former
found
himself
alone
with
one
so
simple
,
and
so
little
qualified
to
render
any
assistance
in
desperate
emergencies
,
he
first
began
to
be
sensible
of
the
difficulties
of
the
task
he
had
undertaken
.
The
fading
light
increased
the
gloominess
of
the
bleak
and
savage
wilderness
that
stretched
so
far
on
every
side
of
him
;
and
there
was
even
a
fearful
character
in
the
stillness
of
those
little
huts
,
that
he
knew
were
so
abundantly
peopled
.
It
struck
him
,
as
he
gazed
at
the
admirable
structures
and
the
wonderful
precautions
of
their
sagacious
inmates
,
that
even
the
brutes
of
these
vast
wilds
were
possessed
of
an
instinct
nearly
commensurate
with
his
own
reason
;
and
he
could
not
reflect
,
without
anxiety
,
on
the
unequal
contest
that
he
had
so
rashly
courted
.
Then
came
the
glowing
image
of
Alice
;
her
distress
;
her
actual
danger
;
and
all
the
peril
of
his
situation
was
forgotten
.
Cheering
David
,
he
moved
on
with
the
light
and
vigorous
step
of
youth
and
enterprise
.
After
making
nearly
a
semicircle
around
the
pond
,
they
diverged
from
the
water-course
,
and
began
to
ascend
to
the
level
of
a
slight
elevation
in
that
bottom
land
,
over
which
they
journeyed
.
Within
half
an
hour
they
gained
the
margin
of
another
opening
that
bore
all
the
signs
of
having
been
also
made
by
the
beavers
,
and
which
those
sagacious
animals
had
probably
been
induced
,
by
some
accident
,
to
abandon
,
for
the
more
eligible
position
they
now
occupied
.
A
very
natural
sensation
caused
Duncan
to
hesitate
a
moment
,
unwilling
to
leave
the
cover
of
their
bushy
path
,
as
a
man
pauses
to
collect
his
energies
before
he
essays
any
hazardous
experiment
,
in
which
he
is
secretly
conscious
they
will
all
be
needed
.
He
profited
by
the
halt
,
to
gather
such
information
as
might
be
obtained
from
his
short
and
hasty
glances
.
On
the
opposite
side
of
the
clearing
,
and
near
the
point
where
the
brook
tumbled
over
some
rocks
,
from
a
still
higher
level
,
some
fifty
or
sixty
lodges
,
rudely
fabricated
of
logs
,
brush
,
and
earth
intermingled
,
were
to
be
discovered
.
