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The
effect
of
such
an
harangue
,
delivered
in
the
nervous
language
and
with
the
emphatic
manner
of
a
Huron
orator
,
could
scarcely
be
mistaken
.
Magua
had
so
artfully
blended
the
natural
sympathies
with
the
religious
superstition
of
his
auditors
,
that
their
minds
,
already
prepared
by
custom
to
sacrifice
a
victim
to
the
manes
of
their
countrymen
,
lost
every
vestige
of
humanity
in
a
wish
for
revenge
.
One
warrior
in
particular
,
a
man
of
wild
and
ferocious
mien
,
had
been
conspicuous
for
the
attention
he
had
given
to
the
words
of
the
speaker
.
His
countenance
had
changed
with
each
passing
emotion
,
until
it
settled
into
a
look
of
deadly
malice
.
As
Magua
ended
he
arose
,
and
uttering
the
yell
of
a
demon
,
his
polished
little
axe
was
seen
glancing
in
the
torch-light
as
he
whirled
it
above
his
head
.
The
motion
and
the
cry
were
too
sudden
for
words
to
interrupt
his
bloody
intention
.
It
appeared
as
if
a
bright
gleam
shot
from
his
hand
,
which
was
crossed
at
the
same
moment
by
a
dark
and
powerful
line
.
The
former
was
the
tomahawk
in
its
passage
;
the
latter
the
arm
that
Magua
darted
forward
to
divert
its
aim
.
The
quick
and
ready
motion
of
the
chief
was
not
entirely
too
late
.
The
keen
weapon
cut
the
war-plume
from
the
scalping-tuft
of
Uncas
,
and
passed
through
the
frail
wall
of
the
lodge
,
as
though
it
were
hurled
from
some
formidable
engine
.
Duncan
had
seen
the
threatening
action
,
and
sprang
upon
his
feet
,
with
a
heart
which
while
it
leaped
into
his
throat
,
swelled
with
the
most
generous
resolution
in
behalf
of
his
friend
.
A
glance
told
him
that
the
blow
had
failed
,
and
terror
changed
to
admiration
.
Uncas
stood
still
,
looking
his
enemy
in
the
eye
with
features
that
seemed
superior
to
emotion
.
Marble
could
not
be
colder
,
calmer
,
or
steadier
than
the
countenance
he
put
upon
this
sudden
and
vindictive
attack
.
Then
,
as
if
pitying
a
want
of
skill
which
had
proved
so
fortunate
to
himself
,
he
smiled
,
and
muttered
a
few
words
of
contempt
in
his
own
tongue
.
"
No
!
"
said
Magua
,
after
satisfying
himself
of
the
safety
of
the
captive
;
"
the
sun
must
shine
on
his
shame
;
the
squaws
must
see
his
flesh
tremble
,
or
our
revenge
will
be
like
the
play
of
boys
.
Go
!
take
him
where
there
is
silence
;
let
us
see
if
a
Delaware
can
sleep
at
night
,
and
in
the
morning
die
.
"
The
young
men
whose
duty
it
was
to
guard
the
prisoner
instantly
passed
their
ligaments
of
bark
across
his
arms
,
and
led
him
from
the
lodge
,
amid
a
profound
and
ominous
silence
.
It
was
only
as
the
figure
of
Uncas
stood
in
the
opening
of
the
door
that
his
firm
step
hesitated
.
There
he
turned
,
and
,
in
the
sweeping
and
haughty
glance
that
he
threw
around
the
circle
of
his
enemies
,
Duncan
caught
a
look
which
he
was
glad
to
construe
into
an
expression
that
he
was
not
entirely
deserted
by
hope
.
Magua
was
content
with
his
success
,
or
too
much
occupied
with
his
secret
purposes
to
push
his
inquiries
any
further
.
Shaking
his
mantle
,
and
folding
it
on
his
bosom
,
he
also
quitted
the
place
,
without
pursuing
a
subject
which
might
have
proved
so
fatal
to
the
individual
at
his
elbow
.
Notwithstanding
his
rising
resentment
,
his
natural
firmness
,
and
his
anxiety
in
behalf
of
Uncas
,
Heyward
felt
sensibly
relieved
by
the
absence
of
so
dangerous
and
so
subtle
a
foe
.
The
excitement
produced
by
the
speech
gradually
subsided
.
The
warriors
resumed
their
seats
,
and
clouds
of
smoke
once
more
filled
the
lodge
.
For
near
half
an
hour
,
not
a
syllable
was
uttered
,
or
scarcely
a
look
cast
aside
;
a
grave
and
meditative
silence
being
the
ordinary
succession
to
every
scene
of
violence
and
commotion
among
those
beings
,
who
were
alike
so
impetuous
and
yet
so
self-restrained
.
When
the
chief
who
had
solicited
the
aid
of
Duncan
finished
his
pipe
,
he
made
a
final
and
successful
movement
towards
departing
.
A
motion
of
a
finger
was
the
intimation
he
gave
the
supposed
physician
to
follow
;
and
passing
through
the
clouds
of
smoke
,
Duncan
was
glad
,
on
more
accounts
than
one
,
to
be
able
,
at
last
,
to
breathe
the
pure
air
of
a
cool
and
refreshing
summer
evening
.
Instead
of
pursuing
his
way
among
those
lodges
where
Heyward
had
already
made
his
unsuccessful
search
,
his
companion
turned
aside
,
and
proceeded
directly
towards
the
base
of
an
adjacent
mountain
,
which
overhung
the
temporary
village
.
A
thicket
of
brush
skirted
its
foot
,
and
it
became
necessary
to
proceed
through
a
crooked
and
narrow
path
.
The
boys
had
resumed
their
sports
in
the
clearing
,
and
were
enacting
a
mimic
chase
to
the
post
among
themselves
.
In
order
to
render
their
games
as
like
the
reality
as
possible
,
one
of
the
boldest
of
their
number
had
conveyed
a
few
brands
into
some
piles
of
tree-tops
that
had
hitherto
escaped
the
burning
.
The
blaze
of
one
of
these
fires
lighted
the
way
of
the
chief
and
Duncan
,
and
gave
a
character
of
additional
wildness
to
the
rude
scenery
.
At
a
little
distance
from
a
bald
rock
,
and
directly
in
its
front
,
they
entered
a
grassy
opening
,
which
they
prepared
to
cross
.
Just
then
fresh
fuel
was
added
to
the
fire
,
and
a
powerful
light
penetrated
even
to
that
distant
spot
.
It
fell
upon
the
white
surface
of
the
mountain
,
and
was
reflected
downwards
upon
a
dark
and
mysterious-looking
being
that
arose
,
unexpectedly
,
in
their
path
.
