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           "LaLongueCarabine!hisrifleisgood,andhiseyenevershut;but,liketheshortgunofthewhitechief,itisnothingagainstthelifeofLeSubtil!"

           "LeRenardistoobravetorememberthehurtsreceivedinwar,orthehandsthatgavethem!"

           "Wasitwar,whenthetiredIndianrestedatthesugar-treetotastehiscorn!whofilledthebusheswithcreepingenemies!whodrewtheknife!whosetonguewaspeace,whilehisheartwascoloredwithblood!DidMaguasaythatthehatchetwasoutoftheground,andthathishandhaddugitup?"

           AsDuncandarednotretortuponhisaccuserbyremindinghimofhisownpremeditatedtreachery,anddisdainedtodeprecatehisresentmentbyanywordsofapology,heremainedsilent.Maguaseemedalsocontenttorestthecontroversyaswellasallfurthercommunicationthere,forheresumedtheleaningattitudeagainsttherock,fromwhich,inmomentaryenergy,hehadarisen.Butthecryof"LaLongueCarabine"wasrenewedtheinstanttheimpatientsavagesperceivedthattheshortdialoguewasended.

           "Youhear,"saidMagua,withstubbornindifference;"theredHuronscallforthelifeof‘TheLongRifle,’ortheywillhavethebloodofthemthatkeephimhid!"

           "Heisgone—escaped;heisfarbeyondtheirreach."

           Renardsmiledwithcoldcontempt,asheanswered—

           "Whenthewhitemandies,hethinksheisatpeace;buttheredmenknowhowtotortureeventheghostsoftheirenemies.Whereishisbody?LettheHuronsseehisscalp!"

           "Heisnotdead,butescaped."

           Maguashookhisheadincredulously.