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If no tell darter to break him open, Wah-ta-Wah no help him to run away." "Ye know not what ye ask ye are but silly girls, and the wisest way for ye both is to speak of what ye understand and to speak of nothing else. I little like this cold neglect of the savages, Hurry; it's a proof that they think of something serious, and if we are to do any thing, we must do it soon.
This interruption proceeded from the chief's having discovered that there existed a necessity for an interpreter, few of the Hurons present understanding the English language, and they but imperfectly. Wah-ta-Wah was not sorry to be called upon to be present at the interview, and least of all in the character in which she was now wanted.
Sneak off to the Delaware villages, and say to the chiefs, and old men, and young warriors 'see, here is Wah-ta-Wah; she is safe, but a little tired; and here is the Son of Uncas, not as tired as the Honeysuckle, being stronger, but just as safe. Would he do this?" "Well, that's oncommon ingen'ous; it's cunning enough for a Mingo, himself!
And then, Serpent, you mustn't make her carry burthens and hoe corn, as so many Indians do; but treat her more as the pale-faces treat their wives." "Wah-ta-Wah no pale-face got red-skin; red heart, red feelin's. All red; no pale-face. Must carry papoose." "Every woman is willing to carry her child," said Hetty smiling, "and there is no harm in that.
Wah-ta-Wah saw the departure of her warrior on this occasion with the submissive silence of an Indian girl, but with most of the misgivings and apprehensions of her sex.
Chingachgook don't like the trouble of going to his villages for more warriors; he can strike their run-a-way trail; unless they hide it under ground, he will follow it to Canada alone. He will keep Wah-ta-Wah with him to cook his game; they two will be Delawares enough to scare all the Hurons back to their own country."
No need to spell name at all Moravian try to make Wah-ta-Wah spell, but no won't let him. No good for Delaware girl to know too much know more than warrior some time; that great shame. My name Wah-ta-Wah that say Hist in your tongue; you call him, Hist I call him, Hetty."
If the former is pronounced "Yangis," it is almost identical with "Yankees," and Indian words have seldom been spelt as they are pronounced. Thus the scene of this tale is spelt "Otsego," and is properly pronounced "Otsago." "Chin-gach-gook," repeated Hetty, in the same deliberate manner. "Yes, so Hist called it, and you must be the chief." "Wah-ta-Wah," added the Delaware.
But" and the young warrior turned his dark face towards his friend, with a smile on it that illuminated its fierce-looking paint and naturally stern lineaments with a bright gleam of human feeling, "Chingachgook heard the laugh of Wah-ta-Wah, and knew it from the laugh of the women of the Iroquois. It sounded in his ears, like the chirp of the wren."
"You know enough of red-skin natur', and red-skin usages, Wah-ta-Wah, to see the condition I am in on account of this furlough," commenced the hunter in Delaware, as soon as the patient and submissive girl of that people had moved quietly to his side; "you will therefore best onderstand how onlikely I am ever to talk with you ag'in.
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