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He
spoke
openly
of
the
fruits
of
their
wisdom
,
which
he
boldly
pronounced
would
be
a
complete
and
final
triumph
over
their
enemies
.
He
even
darkly
hinted
that
their
success
might
be
extended
,
with
proper
caution
,
in
such
a
manner
as
to
include
the
destruction
of
all
whom
they
had
reason
to
hate
.
In
short
,
he
so
blended
the
warlike
with
the
artful
,
the
obvious
with
the
obscure
,
as
to
flatter
the
propensities
of
both
parties
,
and
to
leave
to
each
subject
of
hope
,
while
neither
could
say
it
clearly
comprehended
his
intentions
.
The
orator
,
or
the
politician
,
who
can
produce
such
a
state
of
things
,
is
commonly
popular
with
his
contemporaries
,
however
he
may
be
treated
by
posterity
.
All
perceived
that
more
was
meant
than
was
uttered
,
and
each
one
believed
that
the
hidden
meaning
was
precisely
such
as
his
own
faculties
enabled
him
to
understand
,
or
his
own
wishes
led
him
to
anticipate
.
In
this
happy
state
of
things
,
it
is
not
surprising
that
the
management
of
Magua
prevailed
.
The
tribe
consented
to
act
with
deliberation
,
and
with
one
voice
they
committed
the
direction
of
the
whole
affair
to
the
government
of
the
chief
who
had
suggested
such
wise
and
intelligible
expedients
.
Magua
had
now
attained
one
great
object
of
all
his
cunning
and
enterprise
.
The
ground
he
had
lost
in
the
favor
of
his
people
was
completely
regained
,
and
he
found
himself
even
placed
at
the
head
of
affairs
.
He
was
,
in
truth
,
their
ruler
;
and
,
so
long
as
he
could
maintain
his
popularity
,
no
monarch
could
be
more
despotic
,
especially
while
the
tribe
continued
in
a
hostile
country
.
Throwing
off
,
therefore
,
the
appearance
of
consultation
,
he
assumed
the
grave
air
of
authority
necessary
to
support
the
dignity
of
his
office
.
Runners
were
despatched
for
intelligence
in
different
directions
;
spies
were
ordered
to
approach
and
feel
the
encampment
of
the
Delawares
;
the
warriors
were
dismissed
to
their
lodges
,
with
an
intimation
that
their
services
would
soon
be
needed
;
and
the
women
and
children
were
ordered
to
retire
,
with
a
warning
that
it
was
their
province
to
be
silent
.
When
these
several
arrangements
were
made
,
Magua
passed
through
the
village
,
stopping
here
and
there
to
pay
a
visit
where
he
thought
his
presence
might
be
flattering
to
the
individual
.
He
confirmed
his
friends
in
their
confidence
,
fixed
the
wavering
,
and
gratified
all
.
Then
he
sought
his
own
lodge
.
The
wife
the
Huron
chief
had
abandoned
,
when
he
was
chased
from
among
his
people
,
was
dead
.
Children
he
had
none
;
and
he
now
occupied
a
hut
,
without
companion
of
any
sort
.
It
was
,
in
fact
,
the
dilapidated
and
solitary
structure
in
which
David
had
been
discovered
,
and
whom
he
had
tolerated
in
his
presence
,
on
those
few
occasions
when
they
met
,
with
the
contemptuous
indifference
of
a
haughty
superiority
.
Hither
,
then
,
Magua
retired
,
when
his
labors
of
policy
were
ended
.
While
others
slept
,
however
,
he
neither
knew
nor
sought
repose
.
Had
there
been
one
sufficiently
curious
to
have
watched
the
movements
of
the
newly
elected
chief
,
he
would
have
seen
him
seated
in
a
corner
of
his
lodge
,
musing
on
the
subject
of
his
future
plans
,
from
the
hour
of
his
retirement
to
the
time
he
had
appointed
for
the
warriors
to
assemble
again
.
Occasionally
the
air
breathed
through
the
crevices
of
the
hut
,
and
the
low
flames
that
fluttered
about
the
embers
of
the
fire
threw
their
wavering
light
on
the
person
of
the
sullen
recluse
.
At
such
moments
it
would
not
have
been
difficult
to
have
fancied
the
dusky
savage
the
Prince
of
Darkness
,
brooding
on
his
own
fancied
wrongs
,
and
plotting
evil
.
Long
before
the
day
dawned
,
however
,
warrior
after
warrior
entered
the
solitary
hut
of
Magua
,
until
they
had
collected
to
the
number
of
twenty
.
Each
bore
his
rifle
,
and
all
the
other
accoutrements
of
war
,
though
the
paint
was
uniformly
peaceful
.
The
entrance
of
these
fierce-looking
beings
was
unnoticed
;
some
seating
themselves
in
the
shadows
of
the
place
,
and
others
standing
like
motionless
statues
,
until
the
whole
of
the
designated
band
was
collected
.
Then
Magua
arose
and
gave
the
signal
to
proceed
,
marching
himself
in
advance
.
They
followed
their
leader
singly
,
and
in
that
well-known
order
which
has
obtained
the
distinguishing
appellation
of
"
Indian
file
.
"
Unlike
other
men
engaged
in
the
spirit-stirring
business
of
war
,
they
stole
from
their
camp
unostentatiously
and
unobserved
,
resembling
a
band
of
gliding
spectres
,
more
than
warriors
seeking
the
bubble
reputation
by
deeds
of
desperate
daring
.
