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The
patience
and
forbearance
of
Indian
fortitude
could
alone
support
such
an
appearance
of
abstraction
,
as
seemed
now
to
have
turned
each
dark
and
motionless
figure
into
stone
.
At
length
,
the
sage
of
the
Delawares
stretched
forth
an
arm
,
and
leaning
on
the
shoulders
of
his
attendants
,
he
arose
with
an
air
as
feeble
as
if
another
age
had
already
intervened
between
the
man
who
had
met
his
nation
the
preceding
day
,
and
him
who
now
tottered
on
his
elevated
stand
.
"
Men
of
the
Lenape
!
"
he
said
,
in
hollow
tones
that
sounded
like
a
voice
charged
with
some
prophetic
mission
;
"
the
face
of
the
Manitou
is
behind
a
cloud
!
His
eye
is
turned
from
you
;
His
ears
are
shut
;
His
tongue
gives
no
answer
.
You
see
Him
not
;
yet
His
judgments
are
before
you
.
Let
your
hearts
be
open
and
your
spirits
tell
no
lie
.
Men
of
the
Lenape
!
the
face
of
the
Manitou
is
behind
a
cloud
.
"
As
this
simple
and
yet
terrible
annunciation
stole
on
the
ears
of
the
multitude
,
a
stillness
as
deep
and
awful
succeeded
as
if
the
venerated
spirit
they
worshipped
had
uttered
the
words
without
the
aid
of
human
organs
;
and
even
the
inanimate
Uncas
appeared
a
being
of
life
,
compared
with
the
humbled
and
submissive
throng
by
whom
he
was
surrounded
.
As
the
immediate
effect
,
however
,
gradually
passed
away
,
a
low
murmur
of
voices
commenced
a
sort
of
chant
in
honor
of
the
dead
.
The
sounds
were
those
of
females
,
and
were
thrillingly
soft
and
wailing
.
The
words
were
connected
by
no
regular
continuation
,
but
as
one
ceased
another
took
up
the
eulogy
,
or
lamentation
,
whichever
it
might
be
called
,
and
gave
vent
to
her
emotions
in
such
language
as
was
suggested
by
her
feelings
and
the
occasion
.
At
intervals
the
speaker
was
interrupted
by
general
and
loud
bursts
of
sorrow
,
during
which
the
girls
around
the
bier
of
Cora
plucked
the
plants
and
flowers
blindly
from
her
body
,
as
if
bewildered
with
grief
.
But
,
in
the
milder
moments
of
their
plaint
,
these
emblems
of
purity
and
sweetness
were
cast
back
to
their
places
,
with
every
sign
of
tenderness
and
regret
.
Though
rendered
less
connected
by
many
and
general
interruptions
and
outbreakings
,
a
translation
of
their
language
would
have
contained
a
regular
descant
,
which
,
in
substance
,
might
have
proved
to
possess
a
train
of
consecutive
ideas
.
A
girl
,
selected
for
the
task
by
her
rank
and
qualifications
,
commenced
by
modest
allusions
to
the
qualities
of
the
deceased
warrior
,
embellishing
her
expressions
with
those
oriental
images
that
the
Indians
have
probably
brought
with
them
from
the
extremes
of
the
other
continent
,
and
which
form
of
themselves
a
link
to
connect
the
ancient
histories
of
the
two
worlds
.
She
called
him
the
"
panther
of
his
tribe
"
;
and
described
him
as
one
whose
moccasin
left
no
trail
on
the
dews
;
whose
bound
was
like
the
leap
of
the
young
fawn
;
whose
eye
was
brighter
than
a
star
in
the
dark
night
;
and
whose
voice
,
in
battle
,
was
loud
as
the
thunder
of
the
Manitou
.
She
reminded
him
of
the
mother
who
bore
him
,
and
dwelt
forcibly
on
the
happiness
she
must
feel
in
possessing
such
a
son
.
She
bade
him
tell
her
,
when
they
met
in
the
world
of
spirits
,
that
the
Delaware
girls
had
shed
tears
above
the
grave
of
her
child
,
and
had
called
her
blessed
.
Then
,
they
who
succeeded
,
changing
their
tones
to
a
milder
and
still
more
tender
strain
,
alluded
,
with
the
delicacy
and
sensitiveness
of
woman
,
to
the
stranger
maiden
,
who
had
left
the
upper
earth
at
a
time
so
near
his
own
departure
,
as
to
render
the
will
of
the
Great
Spirit
too
manifest
to
be
disregarded
.
They
admonished
him
to
be
kind
to
her
,
and
to
have
consideration
for
her
ignorance
of
those
arts
which
were
so
necessary
to
the
comfort
of
a
warrior
like
himself
.
They
dwelt
upon
her
matchless
beauty
,
and
on
her
noble
resolution
,
without
the
taint
of
envy
,
and
as
angels
may
be
thought
to
delight
in
a
superior
excellence
;
adding
,
that
these
endowments
should
prove
more
than
equivalent
for
any
little
imperfections
in
her
education
.
After
which
,
others
again
,
in
due
succession
,
spoke
to
the
maiden
herself
,
in
the
low
,
soft
language
of
tenderness
and
love
.
They
exhorted
her
to
be
of
cheerful
mind
,
and
to
fear
nothing
for
future
welfare
.
A
hunter
would
be
her
companion
,
who
knew
how
to
provide
for
her
smallest
wants
;
and
a
warrior
was
at
her
side
who
was
able
to
protect
her
against
every
danger
.
They
promised
that
her
path
should
be
pleasant
,
and
her
burden
light
.
They
cautioned
her
against
unavailing
regrets
for
the
friends
of
her
youth
,
and
the
scenes
where
her
fathers
had
dwelt
;
assuring
her
that
the
"
blessed
hunting-grounds
of
the
Lenape
"
contained
vales
as
pleasant
,
streams
as
pure
,
and
flowers
as
sweet
,
as
the
"
heaven
of
the
pale-faces
.
"
They
advised
her
to
be
attentive
to
the
wants
of
her
companion
,
and
never
to
forget
the
distinction
which
the
Manitou
had
so
wisely
established
between
them
.
Then
,
in
a
wild
burst
of
their
chant
,
they
sang
with
united
voices
the
temper
of
the
Mohican
's
mind
.
They
pronounced
him
noble
,
manly
and
generous
;
all
that
became
a
warrior
,
and
all
that
a
maid
might
love
.
Clothing
their
ideas
in
the
most
remote
and
subtle
images
,
they
betrayed
,
that
,
in
the
short
period
of
their
intercourse
,
they
had
discovered
,
with
the
intuitive
perception
of
their
sex
,
the
truant
disposition
of
his
inclinations
.
The
Delaware
girls
had
found
no
favor
in
his
eyes
!
He
was
of
a
race
that
had
once
been
lords
on
the
shores
of
the
salt
lake
,
and
his
wishes
had
led
him
back
to
a
people
who
dwelt
about
the
graves
of
his
fathers
.
Why
should
not
such
a
predilection
be
encouraged
!
That
she
was
of
a
blood
purer
and
richer
than
the
rest
of
her
nation
,
any
eye
might
have
seen
;
that
she
was
equal
to
the
dangers
and
daring
of
a
life
in
the
woods
,
her
conduct
had
proved
;
and
now
,
they
added
,
the
"
wise
one
of
the
earth
"
had
transplanted
her
to
a
place
where
she
would
find
congenial
spirits
,
and
might
be
forever
happy
.
