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But
in
a
moment
of
so
many
serious
and
important
duties
,
this
single
act
of
juvenile
fortitude
did
not
attract
the
general
notice
and
commendation
it
would
have
received
under
milder
auspices
.
It
had
,
however
,
served
to
apprise
the
Delawares
of
the
position
and
the
intentions
of
their
enemies
.
Accordingly
a
party
of
adventurers
,
better
suited
to
the
task
than
the
weak
though
spirited
boy
,
was
ordered
to
dislodge
the
skulkers
.
The
duty
was
soon
performed
;
for
most
of
the
Hurons
retired
of
themselves
when
they
found
they
had
been
discovered
.
The
Delawares
followed
to
a
sufficient
distance
from
their
own
encampment
,
and
then
halted
for
orders
,
apprehensive
of
being
led
into
an
ambush
.
As
both
parties
secreted
themselves
,
the
woods
were
again
as
still
and
quiet
as
a
mild
summer
morning
and
deep
solitude
could
render
them
.
The
calm
but
still
impatient
Uncas
now
collected
his
chiefs
,
and
divided
his
power
.
He
presented
Hawkeye
as
a
warrior
,
often
tried
,
and
always
found
deserving
of
confidence
.
When
he
found
his
friend
met
with
a
favorable
reception
,
he
bestowed
on
him
the
command
of
twenty
men
,
like
himself
,
active
,
skilful
,
and
resolute
.
He
gave
the
Delawares
to
understand
the
rank
of
Heyward
among
the
troops
of
the
Yengeese
,
and
then
tendered
to
him
a
trust
of
equal
authority
.
But
Duncan
declined
the
charge
,
professing
his
readiness
to
serve
as
a
volunteer
by
the
side
of
the
scout
.
After
this
disposition
,
the
young
Mohican
appointed
various
native
chiefs
to
fill
the
different
situations
of
responsibility
,
and
the
time
pressing
,
he
gave
forth
the
word
to
march
.
He
was
cheerfully
,
but
silently
,
obeyed
by
more
than
two
hundred
men
.
Their
entrance
into
the
forest
was
perfectly
unmolested
;
nor
did
they
encounter
any
living
objects
,
that
could
either
give
the
alarm
,
or
furnish
the
intelligence
they
needed
,
until
they
came
upon
the
lairs
of
their
own
scouts
.
Here
a
halt
was
ordered
,
and
the
chiefs
were
assembled
to
hold
a
"
whispering
council
.
"
At
this
meeting
divers
plans
of
operation
were
suggested
,
though
none
of
a
character
to
meet
the
wishes
of
their
ardent
leader
.
Had
Uncas
followed
the
promptings
of
his
own
inclinations
,
he
would
have
led
his
followers
to
the
charge
without
a
moment
's
delay
,
and
put
the
conflict
to
the
hazard
of
an
instant
issue
;
but
such
a
course
would
have
been
in
opposition
to
all
the
received
practices
and
opinions
of
his
countrymen
.
He
was
,
therefore
,
fain
to
adopt
a
caution
that
in
the
present
temper
of
his
mind
he
execrated
,
and
to
listen
to
advice
at
which
his
fiery
spirit
chafed
,
under
the
vivid
recollection
of
Cora
's
danger
and
Magua
's
insolence
.
After
an
unsatisfactory
conference
of
many
minutes
,
a
solitary
individual
was
seen
advancing
from
the
side
of
the
enemy
,
with
such
apparent
haste
,
as
to
induce
the
belief
he
might
be
a
messenger
charged
with
pacific
overtures
.
When
within
a
hundred
yards
,
however
,
of
the
cover
behind
which
the
Delaware
council
had
assembled
,
the
stranger
hesitated
,
appeared
uncertain
what
course
to
take
,
and
finally
halted
.
All
eyes
were
now
turned
on
Uncas
,
as
if
seeking
directions
how
to
proceed
.
"
Hawkeye
,
"
said
the
young
chief
,
in
a
low
voice
,
"
he
must
never
speak
to
the
Hurons
again
.
"
"
His
time
has
come
,
"
said
the
laconic
scout
,
thrusting
the
long
barrel
of
his
rifle
through
the
leaves
,
and
taking
his
deliberate
and
fatal
aim
.
But
,
instead
of
pulling
the
trigger
he
lowered
the
muzzle
again
,
and
indulged
himself
in
a
fit
of
his
peculiar
mirth
.
"
I
took
the
imp
for
a
Mingo
,
as
I
'm
a
miserable
sinner
!
"
he
said
;
"
but
when
my
eye
ranged
along
his
ribs
for
a
place
to
get
the
bullet
in
--
would
you
think
it
,
Uncas
--
I
saw
the
musicianer
's
blower
;
and
so
,
after
all
,
it
is
the
man
they
call
Gamut
,
whose
death
can
profit
no
one
,
and
whose
life
,
if
his
tongue
can
do
anything
but
sing
,
may
be
made
serviceable
to
our
own
ends
.
If
sounds
have
not
lost
their
virtue
,
I
'll
soon
have
a
discourse
with
the
honest
fellow
,
and
that
in
a
voice
he
'll
find
more
agreeable
than
the
speech
of
'
Killdeer
.
'
"
So
saying
,
Hawkeye
laid
aside
his
rifle
;
and
crawling
through
the
bushes
until
within
hearing
of
David
,
he
attempted
to
repeat
the
musical
effort
,
which
had
conducted
himself
,
with
so
much
safety
and
éclat
,
through
the
Huron
encampment
.
