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The
Hurons
stood
aghast
at
this
sudden
visitation
of
death
on
one
of
their
band
.
But
,
as
they
regarded
the
fatal
accuracy
of
an
aim
which
had
dared
to
immolate
an
enemy
at
so
much
hazard
to
a
friend
,
the
name
of
"
La
Longue
Carabine
"
burst
simultaneously
from
every
lip
,
and
was
succeeded
by
a
wild
and
a
sort
of
plaintive
howl
.
The
cry
was
answered
by
a
loud
shout
from
a
little
thicket
,
where
the
incautious
party
had
piled
their
arms
;
and
at
the
next
moment
,
Hawkeye
,
too
eager
to
load
the
rifle
he
had
regained
,
was
seen
advancing
upon
them
,
brandishing
the
clubbed
weapon
,
and
cutting
the
air
with
wide
and
powerful
sweeps
.
Bold
and
rapid
as
was
the
progress
of
the
scout
,
it
was
exceeded
by
that
of
a
light
and
vigorous
form
which
,
bounding
past
him
,
leaped
,
with
incredible
activity
and
daring
,
into
the
very
centre
of
the
Hurons
,
where
it
stood
,
whirling
a
tomahawk
,
and
flourishing
a
glittering
knife
,
with
fearful
menaces
,
in
front
of
Cora
.
Quicker
than
the
thoughts
could
follow
these
unexpected
and
audacious
movements
,
an
image
,
armed
in
the
emblematic
panoply
of
death
,
glided
before
their
eyes
,
and
assumed
a
threatening
attitude
at
the
other
's
side
.
The
savage
tormentors
recoiled
before
these
warlike
intruders
,
and
uttered
as
they
appeared
in
such
quick
succession
,
the
often
repeated
and
peculiar
exclamation
of
surprise
,
followed
by
the
well
known
and
dreaded
appellations
of
--
"
Le
Cerf
Agile
!
Le
Gros
Serpent
!
"
But
the
wary
and
vigilant
leader
of
the
Hurons
was
not
so
easily
disconcerted
.
Casting
his
keen
eyes
around
the
little
plain
,
he
comprehended
the
nature
of
the
assault
at
a
glance
,
and
encouraging
his
followers
by
his
voice
as
well
as
by
his
example
,
he
unsheathed
his
long
and
dangerous
knife
,
and
rushed
with
a
loud
whoop
upon
the
expecting
Chingachgook
.
It
was
the
signal
for
a
general
combat
.
Neither
party
had
fire-arms
,
and
the
contest
was
to
be
decided
in
the
deadliest
manner
;
hand
to
hand
,
with
weapons
of
offence
,
and
none
of
defence
.
Uncas
answered
the
whoop
,
and
leaping
on
an
enemy
,
with
a
single
,
well
directed
blow
of
his
tomahawk
,
cleft
him
to
the
brain
.
Heyward
tore
the
weapon
of
Magua
from
the
sapling
,
and
rushed
eagerly
towards
the
fray
.
As
the
combatants
were
now
equal
in
number
,
each
singled
an
opponent
from
the
adverse
band
.
The
rush
and
blows
passed
with
the
fury
of
a
whirlwind
,
and
the
swiftness
of
lightning
.
Hawkeye
soon
got
another
enemy
within
reach
of
his
arm
,
and
with
one
sweep
of
his
formidable
weapon
he
beat
down
the
slight
and
inartificial
defences
of
his
antagonist
,
crushing
him
to
the
earth
with
the
blow
.
Heyward
ventured
to
hurl
the
tomahawk
he
had
seized
,
too
ardent
to
await
the
moment
of
closing
.
It
struck
the
Indian
he
had
selected
on
the
forehead
,
and
checked
for
an
instant
his
onward
rush
.
Encouraged
by
this
slight
advantage
,
the
impetuous
young
man
continued
his
onset
,
and
sprang
upon
his
enemy
with
naked
hands
.
A
single
instant
was
enough
to
assure
him
of
the
rashness
of
the
measure
,
for
he
immediately
found
himself
fully
engaged
,
with
all
his
activity
and
courage
,
in
endeavoring
to
ward
the
desperate
thrusts
made
with
the
knife
of
the
Huron
.
Unable
longer
to
foil
an
enemy
so
alert
and
vigilant
,
he
threw
his
arms
about
him
,
and
succeeded
in
pinning
the
limbs
of
the
other
to
his
side
,
with
an
iron
grasp
,
but
one
that
was
far
too
exhausting
to
himself
to
continue
long
.
In
this
extremity
he
heard
a
voice
near
him
,
shouting
--
"
Extarminate
the
varlets
!
no
quarter
to
an
accursed
Mingo
!
"
At
the
next
moment
,
the
breech
of
Hawkeye
's
rifle
fell
on
the
naked
head
of
his
adversary
,
whose
muscles
appeared
to
wither
under
the
shock
,
as
he
sank
from
the
arms
of
Duncan
,
flexible
and
motionless
.
When
Uncas
had
brained
his
first
antagonist
,
he
turned
,
like
a
hungry
lion
,
to
seek
another
.
The
fifth
and
only
Huron
disengaged
at
the
first
onset
had
paused
a
moment
,
and
then
seeing
that
all
around
him
were
employed
in
the
deadly
strife
,
he
sought
,
with
hellish
vengeance
,
to
complete
the
baffled
work
of
revenge
.
Raising
a
shout
of
triumph
,
he
sprang
towards
the
defenceless
Cora
,
sending
his
keen
axe
,
as
the
dreadful
precursor
of
his
approach
.
The
tomahawk
grazed
her
shoulder
,
and
cutting
the
withes
which
bound
her
to
the
tree
,
left
the
maiden
at
liberty
to
fly
.
She
eluded
the
grasp
of
the
savage
,
and
reckless
of
her
own
safety
,
threw
herself
on
the
bosom
of
Alice
,
striving
with
convulsed
and
ill-directed
fingers
,
to
tear
asunder
the
twigs
which
confined
the
person
of
her
sister
.
Any
other
than
a
monster
would
have
relented
at
such
an
act
of
generous
devotion
to
the
best
and
purest
affection
;
but
the
breast
of
the
Huron
was
a
stranger
to
sympathy
.
Seizing
Cora
by
the
rich
tresses
which
fell
in
confusion
about
her
form
,
he
tore
her
from
her
frantic
hold
,
and
bowed
her
down
with
brutal
violence
to
her
knees
.
The
savage
drew
the
flowing
curls
through
his
hand
,
and
raising
them
on
high
with
an
outstretched
arm
,
he
passed
the
knife
around
the
exquisitely
moulded
head
of
his
victim
,
with
a
taunting
and
exulting
laugh
.
But
he
purchased
this
moment
of
fierce
gratification
with
the
loss
of
the
fatal
opportunity
.
It
was
just
then
the
sight
caught
the
eye
of
Uncas
.
Bounding
from
his
footsteps
he
appeared
for
an
instant
darting
through
the
air
,
and
descending
in
a
ball
he
fell
on
the
chest
of
his
enemy
,
driving
him
many
yards
from
the
spot
,
headlong
and
prostrate
.
The
violence
of
the
exertion
cast
the
young
Mohican
at
his
side
.
They
arose
together
,
fought
,
and
bled
,
each
in
his
turn
.
But
the
conflict
was
soon
decided
;
the
tomahawk
of
Heyward
and
the
rifle
of
Hawkeye
descended
on
the
skull
of
the
Huron
,
at
the
same
moment
that
the
knife
of
Uncas
reached
his
heart
.
