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           TheseIroquoisarecunning,buttheyoutwittedthemselveswhentheyplacedtheirfire-armsoutofreach;andhadUncasorhisfatherbeengiftedwithonlytheircommonIndianpatience,weshouldhavecomeinupontheknaveswiththreebulletsinsteadofone,andthatwouldhavemadeafinishofthewholepack;yonlopingvarlet,aswellashiscommerades.But’twasallforeordered,andforthebest."

           "Thousayestwell,"returnedDavid,"andhastcaughtthetruespiritofChristianity.Hethatistobesavedwillbesaved,andhethatispredestinedtobedamnedwillbedamned.Thisisthedoctrineoftruth,andmostconsolingandrefreshingitistothetruebeliever."

           Thescout,whobythistimewasseated,examiningintothestateofhisriflewithaspeciesofparentalassiduity,nowlookedupattheotherinadispleasurethathedidnotaffecttoconceal,roughlyinterruptingfurtherspeech.

           "Doctrine,ornodoctrine,"saidthesturdywoodsman,"’tisthebeliefofknaves,andthecurseofanhonestman.IcancreditthatyonderHuronwastofallbymyhand,forwithmyowneyesIhaveseenit;butnothingshortofbeingawitnesswillcausemetothinkhehadmetwithanyreward,orthatChingachgook,there,willbecondemnedatthefinalday."