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"You are Chingachgook you must be; for there is no other red man here, and she thought Chingachgook would come." "Chin-gach-gook," pronouncing the name slowly, and dwelling on each syllable` "Great Sarpent, Yengeese tongue." Nearly all the old writers who speak of the Indians first known to the colonists make them pronounce the word "English" as "Yengeese."
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.
"She sang Chin-gach-gook oftener than any thing else; and she laughed heartily, when I told how the Iroquois waded into the water after us, and couldn't catch us. I hope these logs haven't ears, Serpent!" "No fear logs; fear sister next room. No fear Iroquois; Deerslayer stuff his eyes and ears with strange beast." "I understand you, Serpent, and I understood Hist.
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