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During
the
time
Uncas
was
making
this
disposition
of
his
forces
,
the
woods
were
still
,
and
,
with
the
exception
of
those
who
had
met
in
council
,
apparently
as
much
untenanted
,
as
when
they
came
fresh
from
the
hands
of
their
Almighty
Creator
.
The
eye
could
range
,
in
every
direction
,
through
the
long
and
shadowed
vistas
of
the
trees
;
but
nowhere
was
any
object
to
be
seen
that
did
not
properly
belong
to
the
peaceful
and
slumbering
scenery
.
Here
and
there
a
bird
was
heard
fluttering
among
the
branches
of
the
beeches
,
and
occasionally
a
squirrel
dropped
a
nut
,
drawing
the
startled
looks
of
the
party
,
for
a
moment
,
to
the
place
;
but
the
instant
the
casual
interruption
ceased
,
the
passing
air
was
heard
murmuring
above
their
heads
,
along
that
verdant
and
undulating
surface
of
forest
,
which
spread
itself
unbroken
,
unless
by
stream
or
lake
,
over
such
a
vast
region
of
country
.
Across
the
tract
of
wilderness
,
which
lay
between
the
Delawares
and
the
village
of
their
enemies
,
it
seemed
as
if
the
foot
of
man
had
never
trodden
,
so
breathing
and
deep
was
the
silence
in
which
it
lay
.
But
Hawkeye
,
whose
duty
led
him
foremost
in
the
adventure
,
knew
the
character
of
those
with
whom
he
was
about
to
contend
too
well
to
trust
the
treacherous
quiet
.
When
he
saw
his
little
band
collected
,
the
scout
threw
"
Killdeer
"
into
the
hollow
of
his
arm
,
and
making
a
silent
signal
that
he
would
be
followed
,
he
led
them
many
rods
towards
the
rear
,
into
the
bed
of
a
little
brook
which
they
had
crossed
in
advancing
.
Here
he
halted
;
and
after
waiting
for
the
whole
of
his
grave
and
attentive
warriors
to
close
about
him
,
he
spoke
in
Delaware
,
demanding
--
"
Do
any
of
my
young
men
know
whither
this
run
will
lead
us
?
"
A
Delaware
stretched
forth
a
hand
,
with
the
two
fingers
separated
,
and
indicating
the
manner
in
which
they
were
joined
at
the
root
,
he
answered
--
"
Before
the
sun
could
go
his
own
length
,
the
little
water
will
be
in
the
big
.
"
Then
he
added
,
pointing
in
the
direction
of
the
place
he
mentioned
,
"
the
two
make
enough
for
the
beavers
.
"
"
I
thought
as
much
,
"
returned
the
scout
,
glancing
his
eye
upwards
at
the
opening
in
the
tree-tops
,
"
from
the
course
it
takes
,
and
the
bearings
of
the
mountains
.
Men
,
we
will
keep
within
the
cover
of
its
banks
till
we
scent
the
Hurons
.
"
His
companions
gave
the
usual
brief
exclamation
of
assent
,
but
perceiving
that
their
leader
was
about
to
lead
the
way
in
person
,
one
or
two
made
signs
that
all
was
not
as
it
should
be
.
Hawkeye
,
who
comprehended
their
meaning
glances
,
turned
,
and
perceived
that
his
party
had
been
followed
thus
far
by
the
singing-master
.
"
Do
you
know
,
friend
,
"
asked
the
scout
gravely
,
and
perhaps
with
a
little
of
the
pride
of
conscious
deserving
in
his
manner
,
"
that
this
is
a
band
of
rangers
chosen
for
the
most
desperate
service
,
and
put
under
the
command
of
one
who
,
though
another
might
say
it
with
a
better
face
,
will
not
be
apt
to
leave
them
idle
.
It
may
not
be
five
,
it
can
not
be
thirty
minutes
before
we
tread
on
the
body
of
a
Huron
,
living
or
dead
.
"
"
Though
not
admonished
of
your
intentions
in
words
,
"
returned
David
,
whose
face
was
a
little
flushed
,
and
whose
ordinarily
quiet
and
unmeaning
eyes
glimmered
with
an
expression
of
unusual
fire
,
"
your
men
have
reminded
me
of
the
children
of
Jacob
going
out
to
battle
against
the
Shechemites
,
for
wickedly
aspiring
to
wedlock
with
a
woman
of
a
race
that
was
favored
of
the
Lord
.
Now
,
I
have
journeyed
far
,
and
sojourned
much
in
good
and
evil
with
the
maiden
ye
seek
;
and
though
not
a
man
of
war
,
with
my
loins
girded
and
my
sword
sharpened
,
yet
would
I
gladly
strike
a
blow
in
her
behalf
.
"
The
scout
hesitated
,
as
if
weighing
the
chances
of
such
a
strange
enlistment
in
his
mind
before
he
answered
--
