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The
loud
whoop
!
"
Manitou
!
Manitou
!
Manitou
!
Thou
art
weak
--
thou
art
strong
;
I
am
slow
:
Manitou
!
Manitou
!
Give
me
aid
.
"
At
the
end
of
what
might
be
called
each
verse
he
made
a
pause
,
by
raising
a
note
louder
and
longer
than
common
,
that
was
peculiarly
suited
to
the
sentiment
just
expressed
.
The
first
close
was
solemn
,
and
intended
to
convey
the
idea
of
veneration
;
the
second
descriptive
,
bordering
on
the
alarming
;
and
the
third
was
the
well
known
and
terrific
war-whoop
,
which
burst
from
the
lips
of
the
young
warrior
,
like
a
combination
of
all
the
frightful
sounds
of
battle
.
The
last
was
like
the
first
,
humble
and
imploring
.
Three
times
did
he
repeat
this
song
,
and
as
often
did
he
encircle
the
post
in
his
dance
.
At
the
close
of
the
first
turn
,
a
grave
and
highly
esteemed
chief
of
the
Lenape
followed
his
example
,
singing
words
of
his
own
,
however
,
to
music
of
a
similar
character
.
Warrior
after
warrior
enlisted
in
the
dance
,
until
all
of
any
renown
and
authority
were
numbered
in
its
mazes
.
The
spectacle
now
became
wildly
terrific
;
the
fierce-looking
and
menacing
visages
of
the
chiefs
receiving
additional
power
from
the
appalling
strains
in
which
they
mingled
their
guttural
tones
.
Just
then
Uncas
struck
his
tomahawk
deep
into
the
post
,
and
raised
his
voice
in
a
shout
,
which
might
be
termed
his
own
battle-cry
.
The
act
announced
that
he
had
assumed
the
chief
authority
in
the
intended
expedition
.
It
was
a
signal
that
awakened
all
the
slumbering
passions
of
a
nation
.
A
hundred
youths
,
who
had
hitherto
been
restrained
by
the
diffidence
of
their
years
,
rushed
in
a
frantic
body
on
the
fancied
emblem
of
their
enemy
,
and
severed
it
asunder
,
splinter
by
splinter
,
until
nothing
remained
of
the
trunk
but
its
roots
in
the
earth
.
During
this
moment
of
tumult
,
the
most
ruthless
deeds
of
war
were
performed
on
the
fragments
of
the
tree
,
with
as
much
apparent
ferocity
as
if
they
were
the
living
victims
of
their
cruelty
.
Some
were
scalped
;
some
received
the
keen
and
trembling
axe
;
and
others
suffered
by
thrusts
from
the
fatal
knife
.
In
short
,
the
manifestations
of
zeal
and
fierce
delight
were
so
great
and
unequivocal
,
that
the
expedition
was
declared
to
be
a
war
of
the
nation
.
The
instant
Uncas
had
struck
the
blow
,
he
moved
out
of
the
circle
,
and
cast
his
eyes
up
to
the
sun
,
which
was
just
gaining
the
point
,
when
the
truce
with
Magua
was
to
end
.
The
fact
was
soon
announced
by
a
significant
gesture
,
accompanied
by
a
corresponding
cry
;
and
the
whole
of
the
excited
multitude
abandoned
their
mimic
warfare
,
with
shrill
yells
of
pleasure
,
to
prepare
for
the
more
hazardous
experiment
of
the
reality
.
