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The
Indian
answered
this
bold
defiance
by
a
ghastly
smile
,
that
showed
an
unaltered
purpose
,
while
he
motioned
her
away
,
as
if
to
close
the
conference
forever
.
Cora
,
already
regretting
her
precipitation
,
was
obliged
to
comply
,
for
Magua
instantly
left
the
spot
,
and
approached
his
gluttonous
comrades
.
Heyward
flew
to
the
side
of
the
agitated
female
,
and
demanded
the
result
of
a
dialogue
that
he
had
watched
at
a
distance
with
so
much
interest
.
But
unwilling
to
alarm
the
fears
of
Alice
,
she
evaded
a
direct
reply
,
betraying
only
by
her
countenance
her
utter
want
of
success
,
and
keeping
her
anxious
looks
fastened
on
the
slightest
movements
of
their
captors
.
To
the
reiterated
and
earnest
questions
of
her
sister
,
concerning
their
probable
destination
,
she
made
no
other
answer
than
by
pointing
towards
the
dark
group
,
with
an
agitation
she
could
not
control
,
and
murmuring
,
as
she
folded
Alice
to
her
bosom
--
"
There
,
there
;
read
our
fortunes
in
their
faces
;
we
shall
see
;
we
shall
see
!
"
The
action
,
and
the
choked
utterance
of
Cora
,
spoke
more
impressively
than
any
words
,
and
quickly
drew
the
attention
of
her
companions
on
that
spot
where
her
own
was
riveted
with
an
intenseness
that
nothing
but
the
importance
of
the
stake
could
create
.
When
Magua
reached
the
cluster
of
lolling
savages
,
who
,
gorged
with
their
disgusting
meal
,
lay
stretched
on
the
earth
in
brutal
indulgence
,
he
commenced
speaking
with
the
dignity
of
an
Indian
chief
.
The
first
syllables
he
uttered
had
the
effect
to
cause
his
listeners
to
raise
themselves
in
attitudes
of
respectful
attention
.
As
the
Huron
used
his
native
language
,
the
prisoners
,
notwithstanding
the
caution
of
the
natives
had
kept
them
within
the
swing
of
their
tomahawks
,
could
only
conjecture
the
substance
of
his
harrangue
,
from
the
nature
of
those
significant
gestures
with
which
an
Indian
always
illustrates
his
eloquence
.
At
first
,
the
language
,
as
well
as
the
action
of
Magua
,
appeared
calm
and
deliberate
.
When
he
had
succeeded
in
sufficiently
awakening
the
attention
of
his
comrades
,
Heyward
fancied
,
by
his
pointing
so
frequently
towards
the
direction
of
the
great
lakes
,
that
he
spoke
of
the
land
of
their
fathers
,
and
of
their
distant
tribe
.
Frequent
indications
of
applause
escaped
the
listeners
,
who
,
as
they
uttered
the
expressive
"
Hugh
!
"
looked
at
each
other
in
commendation
of
the
speaker
.
Le
Renard
was
too
skilful
to
neglect
his
advantage
.
He
now
spoke
of
the
long
and
painful
route
by
which
they
had
left
those
spacious
grounds
and
happy
villages
,
to
come
and
battle
against
the
enemies
of
their
Canadian
fathers
.
He
enumerated
the
warriors
of
the
party
;
their
several
merits
;
their
frequent
services
to
the
nation
;
their
wounds
,
and
the
number
of
the
scalps
they
had
taken
.
Whenever
he
alluded
to
any
present
(
and
the
subtle
Indian
neglected
none
)
,
the
dark
countenance
of
the
flattered
individual
gleamed
with
exultation
,
nor
did
he
even
hesitate
to
assert
the
truth
of
the
words
,
by
gestures
of
applause
and
confirmation
.
Then
the
voice
of
the
speaker
fell
,
and
lost
the
loud
,
animated
tones
of
triumph
with
which
he
had
enumerated
their
deeds
of
success
and
victory
.
He
described
the
cataract
of
Glenn
's
;
the
impregnable
position
of
its
rocky
island
,
with
its
caverns
,
and
its
numerous
rapids
and
whirlpools
;
he
named
the
name
of
La
Longue
Carabine
,
and
paused
until
the
forest
beneath
them
had
sent
up
the
last
echo
of
a
loud
and
long
yell
,
with
which
the
hated
appellation
was
received
.
He
pointed
towards
the
youthful
military
captive
,
and
described
the
death
of
a
favorite
warrior
,
who
had
been
precipitated
into
the
deep
ravine
by
his
hand
.
He
not
only
mentioned
the
fate
of
him
who
,
hanging
between
heaven
and
earth
,
had
presented
such
a
spectacle
of
horror
to
the
whole
band
,
but
he
acted
anew
the
terrors
of
his
situation
,
his
resolution
and
his
death
,
on
the
branches
of
a
sapling
;
and
,
finally
,
he
rapidly
recounted
the
manner
in
which
each
of
their
friends
had
fallen
,
never
failing
to
touch
upon
their
courage
,
and
their
most
acknowledged
virtues
.
When
this
recital
of
events
was
ended
,
his
voice
once
more
changed
,
and
became
plaintive
,
and
even
musical
,
in
its
low
guttural
sounds
.
He
now
spoke
of
the
wives
and
children
of
the
slain
;
their
destitution
;
their
misery
,
both
physical
and
moral
;
their
distance
;
and
,
at
last
,
of
their
unavenged
wrongs
.
Then
suddenly
lifting
his
voice
to
a
pitch
of
terrific
energy
,
he
concluded
,
by
demanding
--
"
Are
the
Hurons
dogs
to
bear
this
?
Who
shall
say
to
the
wife
of
Menowgua
that
the
fishes
have
his
scalp
,
and
that
his
nation
have
not
taken
revenge
!
Who
will
dare
meet
the
mother
of
Wassawattimie
,
that
scornful
woman
,
with
his
hands
clean
!
What
shall
be
said
to
the
old
men
when
they
ask
us
for
scalps
,
and
we
have
not
a
hair
from
a
white
head
to
give
them
!
The
women
will
point
their
fingers
at
us
.
There
is
a
dark
spot
on
the
names
of
the
Hurons
,
and
it
must
be
hid
in
blood
!
"
His
voice
was
no
longer
audible
in
the
burst
of
rage
which
now
broke
into
the
air
,
as
if
the
wood
,
instead
of
containing
so
small
a
band
,
was
filled
with
the
nation
.
During
the
foregoing
address
the
progress
of
the
speaker
was
too
plainly
read
by
those
most
interested
in
his
success
,
through
the
medium
of
the
countenances
of
the
men
he
addressed
.
They
had
answered
his
melancholy
and
mourning
by
sympathy
and
sorrow
;
his
assertions
,
by
gestures
of
confirmation
;
and
his
boastings
,
with
the
exultation
of
savages
.
When
he
spoke
of
courage
,
their
looks
were
firm
and
responsive
;
when
he
alluded
to
their
injuries
,
their
eyes
kindled
with
fury
;
when
he
mentioned
the
taunts
of
the
women
,
they
dropped
their
heads
in
shame
;
but
when
he
pointed
out
their
means
of
vengeance
,
he
struck
a
chord
which
never
failed
to
thrill
in
the
breast
of
an
Indian
.
With
the
first
intimation
that
it
was
within
their
reach
,
the
whole
band
sprang
upon
their
feet
as
one
man
;
giving
utterance
to
their
rage
in
the
most
frantic
cries
,
they
rushed
upon
their
prisoners
in
a
body
with
drawn
knives
and
uplifted
tomahawks
.
Heyward
threw
himself
between
the
sisters
and
the
foremost
,
whom
he
grappled
with
a
desperate
strength
that
for
a
moment
checked
his
violence
.
This
unexpected
resistance
gave
Magua
time
to
interpose
,
and
with
rapid
enunciation
and
animated
gesture
,
he
drew
the
attention
of
the
band
again
to
himself
.
In
that
language
he
knew
so
well
how
to
assume
,
he
diverted
his
comrades
from
their
instant
purpose
,
and
invited
them
to
prolong
the
misery
of
their
victims
.
His
proposal
was
received
with
acclamations
,
and
executed
with
the
swiftness
of
thought
.
