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Though
not
an
eye
was
turned
towards
him
,
nor
the
smallest
sign
of
impatience
exhibited
,
it
was
apparent
,
by
the
manner
in
which
the
multitude
elevated
their
heads
to
listen
,
that
they
drank
in
the
sounds
with
an
intenseness
of
attention
,
that
none
but
Tamenund
himself
had
ever
before
commanded
.
But
they
listened
in
vain
.
The
strains
rose
just
so
loud
as
to
become
intelligible
,
and
then
grew
fainter
and
more
trembling
,
until
they
finally
sank
on
the
ear
,
as
if
borne
away
by
a
passing
breath
of
wind
.
The
lips
of
the
Sagamore
closed
,
and
he
remained
silent
in
his
seat
,
looking
,
with
his
riveted
eye
and
motionless
form
,
like
some
creature
that
had
been
turned
from
the
Almighty
hand
with
the
form
but
without
the
spirit
of
a
man
.
The
Delawares
,
who
knew
by
these
symptoms
that
the
mind
of
their
friend
was
not
prepared
for
so
mighty
an
effort
of
fortitude
,
relaxed
in
their
attention
;
and
,
with
an
innate
delicacy
,
seemed
to
bestow
all
their
thoughts
on
the
obsequies
of
the
stranger
maiden
.
A
signal
was
given
,
by
one
of
the
elder
chiefs
,
to
the
women
who
crowded
that
part
of
the
circle
near
which
the
body
of
Cora
lay
.
Obedient
to
the
sign
,
the
girls
raised
the
bier
to
the
elevation
of
their
heads
,
and
advanced
with
slow
and
regulated
steps
,
chanting
,
as
they
proceeded
,
another
wailing
song
in
praise
of
the
deceased
.
Gamut
,
who
had
been
a
close
observer
of
rites
he
deemed
so
heathenish
,
now
bent
his
head
over
the
shoulder
of
the
unconscious
father
,
whispering
--
"
They
move
with
the
remains
of
thy
child
;
shall
we
not
follow
,
and
see
them
interred
with
Christian
burial
?
"
Munro
started
,
as
if
the
last
trumpet
had
sounded
in
his
ear
,
and
bestowing
one
anxious
and
hurried
glance
around
him
,
he
arose
and
followed
in
the
simple
train
,
with
the
mien
of
a
soldier
,
but
bearing
the
full
burden
of
a
parent
's
suffering
.
His
friends
pressed
around
him
with
a
sorrow
that
was
too
strong
to
be
termed
sympathy
--
even
the
young
Frenchman
joining
in
the
procession
,
with
the
air
of
a
man
who
was
sensibly
touched
at
the
early
and
melancholy
fate
of
one
so
lovely
.
But
when
the
last
and
humblest
female
of
the
tribe
had
joined
in
the
wild
,
and
yet
ordered
array
,
the
men
of
the
Lenape
contracted
their
circle
,
and
formed
again
around
the
person
of
Uncas
,
as
silent
,
as
grave
,
and
as
motionless
as
before
.
The
place
which
had
been
chosen
for
the
grave
of
Cora
was
a
little
knoll
,
where
a
cluster
of
young
and
healthful
pines
had
taken
root
,
forming
of
themselves
a
melancholy
and
appropriate
shade
over
the
spot
.
On
reaching
it
the
girls
deposited
their
burden
,
and
continued
for
many
minutes
waiting
,
with
characteristic
patience
,
and
native
timidity
,
for
some
evidence
that
they
whose
feelings
were
most
concerned
were
content
with
the
arrangement
.
At
length
the
scout
,
who
alone
understood
their
habits
,
said
,
in
their
own
language
--
"
My
daughters
have
done
well
;
the
white
men
thank
them
.
"
Satisfied
with
this
testimony
in
their
favor
,
the
girls
proceeded
to
deposit
the
body
in
a
shell
,
ingeniously
,
and
not
inelegantly
,
fabricated
of
the
bark
of
the
birch
;
after
which
they
lowered
it
into
its
dark
and
final
abode
.
The
ceremony
of
covering
the
remains
,
and
concealing
the
marks
of
the
fresh
earth
,
by
leaves
and
other
natural
and
customary
objects
,
was
conducted
with
the
same
simple
and
silent
forms
.
But
when
the
labors
of
the
kind
beings
who
had
performed
these
sad
and
friendly
offices
were
so
far
completed
,
they
hesitated
,
in
a
way
to
show
that
they
knew
not
how
much
further
they
might
proceed
.
It
was
in
this
stage
of
the
rites
that
the
scout
again
addressed
them
:
--
"
My
young
women
have
done
enough
,
"
he
said
;
"
the
spirit
of
a
pale-face
has
no
need
of
food
or
raiment
,
their
gifts
being
according
to
the
heaven
of
their
color
.
I
see
,
"
he
added
,
glancing
an
eye
at
David
,
who
was
preparing
his
book
in
a
manner
that
indicated
an
intention
to
lead
the
way
in
sacred
song
,
"
that
one
who
better
knows
the
Christian
fashions
is
about
to
speak
.
"
The
females
stood
modestly
aside
,
and
,
from
having
been
the
principal
actors
in
the
scene
,
they
now
became
the
meek
and
attentive
observers
of
that
which
followed
.
During
the
time
David
was
occupied
in
pouring
out
the
pious
feelings
of
his
spirit
in
this
manner
,
not
a
sign
of
surprise
,
nor
a
look
of
impatience
,
escaped
them
.
They
listened
like
those
who
knew
the
meaning
of
the
strange
words
,
and
appeared
as
if
they
felt
the
mingled
emotions
of
sorrow
,
hope
,
and
resignation
,
they
were
intended
to
convey
.
