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It's wonderful how the French adapt themselves to the ways of the Indians and how they take wives among them. I suppose the marriage tie is one of their greatest sources of strength with the tribes. Now, Tayoga, why do you think the Owl is here so far to the eastward of his usual range?" "He and his warriors are looking for scalps, Great Bear, and it may be that they have seen St. Luc.
Deerslayer did not come for our scalps, that is true; why did he not come? Here they are on our heads; the war locks are ready to be taken hold of; a bold enemy ought to stretch out his hand to seize them. The Iroquois are too great a nation to punish men that take scalps. What they do themselves, they like to see others do. Let my daughter look around her and count my warriors.
A beast with two tails is well worth two such scalps!" "But my brother has another beast? He will give two" holding up as many fingers, "for old father?" "Floating Tom is no father of mine, but he'll fare none the worse for that. As for giving two beasts for his scalp, and each beast with two tails, it is quite beyond reason. Think yourself well off, Mingo, if you make a much worse trade."
As we were going into camp, I discovered a band of Indians coming directly for the train. I notified Jim at once, and he soon had the train corralled, and the chief's bonnet hung high above the Indian scalps so all the Indians could see it.
"There's more where them came from, Mingo," was the answer; "one is enough, howsever, to buy off fifty scalps." "One of my prisoners is a great warrior tall as a pine strong as the moose active as a deer fierce as the panther! Some day he'll be a great chief, and lead the army of King George!"
They were greeted by the revelers with wild shouts of delight. All joined in a hideous dance about a pole on which were fastened the scalps that had been taken that day. From the old chief, Micanopy, and his sub-chiefs, Jumper and Alligator, Osceola learned the details of that day's action.
Not a wig among them. The lodges must have been full of them, but their legs saved their scalps." "Is it for this they call them wigwams?" cries naughty Miss Chew. "Fie! fie!" says her mamma, while my aunt laughed merrily. "A mere Potomac planter," said Etherington, "'pon my soul and with such airs, as if they were gentlemen of the line."
Four or five of the soldiers had been killed, or so nearly so as to survive but a few minutes; though, for some unknown reason, the enemy did not make the usual rush for the scalps. Sergeant Dunham fell with the others; and he had heard the voice of Mabel, as she rushed from the blockhouse.
The birds set up a clamorous cry, and the mantle shook violently as all the scalps burst into a hideous shout of laughter. "And are you afraid now," she asked again. "I am," again answered Strong Desire, without hesitation. "But you are not afraid to speak the truth," rejoined the little old woman. "You will be a brave man yet."
But we cannot be driven any further. We mean to stop here, and begin to take all the scalps we can. A great chief, who belongs to no one tribe, but belongs to all tribes, who speaks all tongues, has been sent by the Great Spirit to arouse us. He has done it. You know him. He came from the head of the lake with you, and kept his eye on your scalp. He has meant to take it from the first.
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