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The
whole
face
of
the
encampment
was
instantly
changed
.
The
warriors
,
who
were
already
armed
and
painted
,
became
as
still
as
if
they
were
incapable
of
any
uncommon
burst
of
emotion
.
On
the
other
hand
,
the
women
broke
out
of
the
lodges
,
with
the
songs
of
joy
and
those
of
lamentation
,
so
strangely
mingled
,
that
it
might
have
been
difficult
to
have
said
which
passion
preponderated
.
None
,
however
,
were
idle
.
Some
bore
their
choicest
articles
,
others
their
young
,
and
some
their
aged
and
infirm
,
into
the
forest
,
which
spread
itself
like
a
verdant
carpet
of
bright
green
against
the
side
of
the
mountain
.
Thither
Tamenund
also
retired
,
with
calm
composure
,
after
a
short
and
touching
interview
with
Uncas
;
from
whom
the
sage
separated
with
the
reluctance
that
a
parent
would
quit
a
long
lost
and
just
recovered
child
.
In
the
meantime
,
Duncan
saw
Alice
to
a
place
of
safety
,
and
then
sought
the
scout
,
with
a
countenance
that
denoted
how
eagerly
he
also
panted
for
the
approaching
contest
.
But
Hawkeye
was
too
much
accustomed
to
the
war-song
and
the
enlistments
of
the
natives
,
to
betray
any
interest
in
the
passing
scene
.
He
merely
cast
an
occasional
look
at
the
number
and
quality
of
the
warriors
,
who
,
from
time
to
time
,
signified
their
readiness
to
accompany
Uncas
to
the
field
.
In
this
particular
he
was
soon
satisfied
;
for
,
as
has
been
already
seen
,
the
power
of
the
young
chief
quickly
embraced
every
fighting
man
in
the
nation
.
After
this
material
point
was
so
satisfactorily
decided
,
he
despatched
an
Indian
boy
in
quest
of
"
Killdeer
"
and
the
rifle
of
Uncas
,
to
the
place
where
they
had
deposited
the
weapons
on
approaching
the
camp
of
the
Delawares
;
a
measure
of
double
policy
,
inasmuch
as
it
protected
the
arms
from
their
own
fate
,
if
detained
as
prisoners
,
and
gave
them
the
advantage
of
appearing
among
the
strangers
rather
as
sufferers
than
as
men
provided
with
the
means
of
defence
and
subsistence
.
In
selecting
another
to
perform
the
office
of
reclaiming
his
highly
prized
rifle
,
the
scout
had
lost
sight
of
none
of
his
habitual
caution
.
He
knew
that
Magua
had
not
come
unattended
,
and
he
also
knew
that
Huron
spies
watched
the
movements
of
their
new
enemies
,
along
the
whole
boundary
of
the
woods
.
It
would
,
therefore
,
have
been
fatal
to
himself
to
have
attempted
the
experiment
;
a
warrior
would
have
fared
no
better
;
but
the
danger
of
a
boy
would
not
be
likely
to
commence
until
after
his
object
was
discovered
.
When
Heyward
joined
him
,
the
scout
was
coolly
awaiting
the
result
of
this
experiment
.
The
boy
,
who
had
been
well
instructed
,
and
was
sufficiently
crafty
,
proceeded
,
with
a
bosom
that
was
swelling
with
the
pride
of
such
a
confidence
,
and
all
the
hopes
of
young
ambition
,
carelessly
across
the
clearing
to
the
wood
,
which
he
entered
at
a
point
at
some
little
distance
from
the
place
where
the
guns
were
secreted
.
The
instant
,
however
,
he
was
concealed
by
the
foliage
of
the
bushes
,
his
dusky
form
was
to
be
seen
gliding
,
like
that
of
a
serpent
,
towards
the
desired
treasure
.
He
was
successful
;
and
in
another
moment
he
appeared
flying
across
the
narrow
opening
that
skirted
the
base
of
the
terrace
on
which
the
village
stood
,
with
the
velocity
of
an
arrow
,
and
bearing
a
prize
in
each
hand
.
He
had
actually
gained
the
crags
,
and
was
leaping
up
their
sides
with
incredible
activity
,
when
a
shot
from
the
woods
showed
how
accurate
had
been
the
judgment
of
the
scout
.
The
boy
answered
it
with
a
feeble
but
contemptuous
shout
;
and
immediately
a
second
bullet
was
sent
after
him
from
another
part
of
the
cover
.
At
the
next
instant
he
appeared
on
the
level
above
,
elevating
his
guns
in
triumph
,
while
he
moved
with
the
air
of
a
conqueror
towards
the
renowned
hunter
who
had
honored
him
by
so
glorious
a
commission
.
Notwithstanding
the
lively
interest
Hawkeye
had
taken
in
the
fate
of
his
messenger
,
he
received
"
Killdeer
"
with
a
satisfaction
that
,
momentarily
,
drove
all
other
recollections
from
his
mind
.
After
examining
the
piece
with
an
intelligent
eye
,
and
opening
and
shutting
the
pan
some
ten
or
fifteen
times
,
and
trying
sundry
other
equally
important
experiments
on
the
lock
,
he
turned
to
the
boy
,
and
demanded
with
great
manifestations
of
kindness
,
if
he
was
hurt
.
The
urchin
looked
proudly
up
in
his
face
,
but
made
no
reply
.
"
Ah
!
I
see
,
lad
,
the
knaves
have
barked
your
arm
!
"
added
the
scout
,
taking
up
the
limb
of
the
patient
sufferer
,
across
which
a
deep
flesh
wound
had
been
made
by
one
of
the
bullets
;
"
but
a
little
bruised
alder
will
act
like
a
charm
.
In
the
meantime
I
will
wrap
it
in
a
badge
of
wampum
!
You
have
commenced
the
business
of
a
warrior
early
,
my
brave
boy
,
and
are
likely
to
bear
a
plenty
of
honorable
scars
to
your
grave
.
I
know
many
young
men
that
have
taken
scalps
who
can
not
show
such
a
mark
as
this
.
Go
!
"
having
bound
up
the
arm
;
"
you
will
be
a
chief
!
"
The
lad
departed
,
prouder
of
his
flowing
blood
than
the
vainest
courtier
could
be
of
his
blushing
ribbon
;
and
stalked
among
the
fellows
of
his
age
,
an
object
of
general
admiration
and
envy
.
