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"If we lay among the white tents of the 60th, and in front of an enemy like the French, I could not ask for a better watchman," returned the scout; "but in the darkness and among the signs of the wilderness your judgment would be like the folly of a child, and your vigilance thrown away. Do then, like Uncas and myself, sleep, and sleep in safety."
It was nearly a miracle that you did not mistake the path, for the Hurons divided, and each band had its horses." "Ay! there we were thrown off the scent, and might, indeed, have lost the trail, had it not been for Uncas; we took the path, however, that led into the wilderness; for we judged, and judged rightly, that the savages would hold that course with their prisoners.
The form of Uncas dilated, and his nostrils opened like those of a tiger at bay; but so rigid and unyielding was his posture, that he might easily have been converted by the imagination into an exquisite and faultless representation of the warlike deity of his tribe.
After which Uncas and I pushed for the other encampment as was agreed. Have you seen the lad?" "To my great grief! He is captive, and condemned to die at the rising of the sun." "I had misgivings that such would be his fate," resumed the scout, in a less confident and joyous tone.
He may sing a sweet song for the girls of Canada, but there is no music for Wah, but in the tongue she has listened to from childhood. Were the Huron born of the people that once owned the shores of the salt lake, it would be in vain, unless he were of the family of Uncas. The young pine will rise to be as high as any of its fathers. Wah-ta-Wah has but one heart, and it can love but one husband."
Don't you remember he was the last of the Mohicans." "That's a very good name," commended the colonel. "Then Uncas it is," agreed the boys. "Now that you have agreed upon a name," continued the colonel, "what do you say to having a real Scout dinner in the woods?" "That s-strikes me favorably," exclaimed Pepper.
Remember Uncas! and Red jacket! and Hole in the Day! and Whoopdedoodledo! Emulate their achievements! Unfurl yourselves under my banner, noble savages, illustrious guttersnipes " "Down wid him!" "Scoop the blaggard!" "Burn him!" "Bang him!" "Dhround him!" It was the quickest operation that ever was.
But these were events of a time later than that which concerns our tale. Deserted by all of his color, Hawkeye returned to the spot where his sympathies led him, with a force that no ideal bond of union could destroy. He was just in time to catch a parting look of the features of Uncas, whom the Delawares were already inclosing in his last vestment of skins.
Then they turned their heads away, all snubbing him at once, and sauntered up the last step to the terrace, and so forward to where their young host stood. "Gee, he hated what y' done t' him!" exclaimed Johnnie. After shaking hands with them, he passed them on to Uncas and his braves, the Indians receiving them with every indication of cordiality.
"I wonder what the Hurons will think of that!" said the scout, laughing, as he took his companion by the arm, and urged him towards the rear. "If the knaves lie within ear-shot, they will say there are two non-compossers instead of one! But here we are safe," he added, pointing to Uncas and his associates.
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