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In
this
crisis
,
Hawkeye
found
means
to
get
behind
the
same
tree
as
that
which
served
for
a
cover
to
Heyward
;
most
of
his
own
combatants
being
within
call
,
a
little
on
his
right
,
where
they
maintained
rapid
,
though
fruitless
,
discharges
on
their
sheltered
enemies
.
"
You
are
a
young
man
,
major
,
"
said
the
scout
,
dropping
the
butt
of
"
Killdeer
"
to
the
earth
,
and
leaning
on
the
barrel
,
a
little
fatigued
with
his
previous
industry
;
"
and
it
may
be
your
gift
to
lead
armies
at
some
future
day
ag
'
in
these
imps
the
Mingos
,
You
may
here
see
the
philosophy
of
an
Indian
fight
.
It
consists
mainly
in
a
ready
hand
,
a
quick
eye
,
and
a
good
cover
.
Now
,
if
you
had
a
company
of
the
Royal
Americans
here
,
in
what
manner
would
you
set
them
to
work
in
this
business
?
"
"
The
bayonet
would
make
a
road
.
"
"
Ay
,
there
is
white
reason
in
what
you
say
;
but
a
man
must
ask
himself
,
in
this
wilderness
,
how
many
lives
he
can
spare
.
No
--
horse
,
"
continued
the
scout
,
shaking
his
head
,
like
one
who
mused
;
"
horse
,
I
am
ashamed
to
say
,
must
,
sooner
or
later
,
decide
these
scrimmages
.
The
brutes
are
better
than
men
,
and
to
horse
must
we
come
at
last
.
Put
a
shodden
hoof
on
the
moccasin
of
a
redskin
;
and
if
his
rifle
be
once
emptied
,
he
will
never
stop
to
load
it
again
.
"
"
This
is
a
subject
that
might
better
be
discussed
at
another
time
,
"
returned
Heyward
;
"
shall
we
charge
?
"
"
I
see
no
contradiction
to
the
gifts
of
any
man
,
in
passing
his
breathing
spells
in
useful
reflections
,
"
the
scout
replied
.
"
As
to
a
rush
,
I
little
relish
such
a
measure
;
for
a
scalp
or
two
must
be
thrown
away
in
the
attempt
.
And
yet
,
"
he
added
,
bending
his
head
aside
,
to
catch
the
sounds
of
the
distant
combat
,
"
if
we
are
to
be
of
use
to
Uncas
,
these
knaves
in
our
front
must
be
got
rid
of
!
"
Then
turning
,
with
a
prompt
and
decided
air
,
he
called
aloud
to
his
Indians
,
in
their
own
language
.
His
words
were
answered
by
a
shout
;
and
,
at
a
given
signal
,
each
warrior
made
a
swift
movement
around
his
particular
tree
.
The
sight
of
so
many
dark
bodies
,
glancing
before
their
eyes
at
the
same
instant
,
drew
a
hasty
,
and
consequently
an
ineffectual
fire
from
the
Hurons
.
Without
stopping
to
breathe
,
the
Delawares
leaped
,
in
long
bounds
,
towards
the
wood
,
like
so
many
panthers
springing
upon
their
prey
.
Hawkeye
was
in
front
,
brandishing
his
terrible
rifle
,
and
animating
his
followers
by
his
example
.
A
few
of
the
older
and
more
cunning
Hurons
,
who
had
not
been
deceived
by
the
artifice
which
had
been
practised
to
draw
their
fire
,
now
made
a
close
and
deadly
discharge
of
their
pieces
,
and
justified
the
apprehensions
of
the
scout
,
by
felling
three
of
his
foremost
warriors
.
But
the
shock
was
insufficient
to
repel
the
impetus
of
the
charge
.
The
Delawares
broke
into
the
cover
with
the
ferocity
of
their
natures
,
and
swept
away
every
trace
of
resistance
by
the
fury
of
the
onset
.
The
combat
endured
only
for
an
instant
,
hand
to
hand
,
and
then
the
assailed
yielded
ground
rapidly
,
until
they
reached
the
opposite
margin
of
the
thicket
,
where
they
clung
to
the
cover
,
with
the
sort
of
obstinacy
that
is
so
often
witnessed
in
hunted
brutes
.
At
this
critical
moment
,
when
the
success
of
the
struggle
was
again
becoming
doubtful
,
the
crack
of
the
rifle
was
heard
behind
the
Hurons
,
and
a
bullet
came
whizzing
from
among
some
beaver
lodges
,
which
were
situated
in
the
clearing
,
in
their
rear
,
and
was
followed
by
the
fierce
and
appalling
yell
of
the
war-whoop
.
