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Neither
Duncan
nor
the
scout
answered
.
The
former
,
however
,
glanced
his
eyes
around
the
dark
and
silent
assembly
,
and
recoiled
a
pace
,
when
they
fell
on
the
malignant
visage
of
Magua
.
He
saw
,
at
once
,
that
this
wily
savage
had
some
secret
agency
in
their
present
arraignment
before
the
nation
,
and
determined
to
throw
every
possible
impediment
in
the
way
of
the
execution
of
his
sinister
plans
.
He
had
witnessed
one
instance
of
the
summary
punishments
of
the
Indians
,
and
now
dreaded
that
his
companion
was
to
be
selected
for
a
second
.
In
this
dilemma
,
with
little
or
no
time
for
reflection
,
he
suddenly
determined
to
cloak
his
invaluable
friend
,
at
any
or
every
hazard
to
himself
.
Before
he
had
time
,
however
,
to
speak
,
the
question
was
repeated
in
a
louder
voice
,
and
with
a
clearer
utterance
.
"
Give
us
arms
,
"
the
young
man
haughtily
replied
,
"
and
place
us
in
yonder
woods
.
Our
deeds
shall
speak
for
us
!
"
"
This
is
the
warrior
whose
name
has
filled
our
ears
!
"
returned
the
chief
,
regarding
Heyward
with
that
sort
of
curious
interest
which
seems
inseparable
from
man
,
when
first
beholding
one
of
his
fellows
to
whom
merit
or
accident
,
virtue
or
crime
,
has
given
notoriety
.
"
What
has
brought
the
white
man
into
the
camp
of
the
Delawares
?
"
"
My
necessities
.
I
come
for
food
,
shelter
and
friends
.
"
"
It
can
not
be
.
The
woods
are
full
of
game
.
The
head
of
a
warrior
needs
no
other
shelter
than
a
sky
without
clouds
;
and
the
Delawares
are
the
enemies
,
and
not
the
friends
,
of
the
Yengeese
.
Go
!
the
mouth
has
spoken
,
while
the
heart
said
nothing
.
"
Duncan
,
a
little
at
a
loss
in
what
manner
to
proceed
,
remained
silent
;
but
the
scout
,
who
had
listened
attentively
to
all
that
passed
,
now
advanced
steadily
to
the
front
.
"
That
I
did
not
answer
to
the
call
for
La
Longue
Carabine
,
was
not
owing
either
to
shame
or
fear
,
"
he
said
;
"
for
neither
one
nor
the
other
is
the
gift
of
an
honest
man
.
But
I
do
not
admit
the
right
of
the
Mingos
to
bestow
a
name
on
one
whose
friends
have
been
mindful
of
his
gifts
,
in
this
particular
;
especially
as
their
title
is
a
lie
,
'
Killdeer
'
being
a
grooved
barrel
and
no
carabyne
.
I
am
the
man
,
however
,
that
got
the
name
of
Nathaniel
from
my
kin
;
the
compliment
of
Hawkeye
from
the
Delawares
,
who
live
on
their
own
river
;
and
whom
the
Iroquois
have
presumed
to
style
the
'
Long
Rifle
,
'
without
any
warranty
from
him
who
is
most
concerned
in
the
matter
.
"
The
eyes
of
all
present
,
which
had
hitherto
been
gravely
scanning
the
person
of
Duncan
,
were
now
turned
,
on
the
instant
,
towards
the
upright
iron
frame
of
this
new
pretender
to
the
distinguished
appellation
.
It
was
in
no
degree
remarkable
that
there
should
be
found
two
who
were
willing
to
claim
so
great
an
honor
,
for
impostors
,
though
rare
,
were
not
unknown
amongst
the
natives
;
but
it
was
altogether
material
to
the
just
and
severe
intentions
of
the
Delawares
,
that
there
should
be
no
mistake
in
the
matter
.
Some
of
their
old
men
consulted
together
in
private
,
and
then
,
as
it
would
seem
,
they
determined
to
interrogate
their
visitor
on
the
subject
.
