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           Louiswhichwassuspendedathisbreast,Montcalmsternlydemanded—

           "Whatmeansthis!DoesnotmysonknowthatthehatchetisburiedbetweentheEnglishandhisCanadianFather?"

           "WhatcantheHuronsdo?"returnedthesavage,speakingalso,thoughimperfectly,intheFrenchlanguage."Notawarriorhasascalp,andthepale-facesmakefriends!"

           "Ha!LeRenardSubtil!Methinksthisisanexcessofzealforafriendwhowassolateanenemy!HowmanysunshavesetsinceLeRenardstruckthewar-postoftheEnglish?"

           "Whereisthatsun!"demandedthesullensavage."Behindthehill;anditisdarkandcold.Butwhenhecomesagain,itwillbebrightandwarm.LeSubtilisthesunofhistribe.Therehavebeenclouds,andmanymountainsbetweenhimandhisnation;butnowheshines,anditisaclearsky!"

           "ThatLeRenardhaspowerwithhispeople,Iwellknow,"saidMontcalm;"foryesterdayhehuntedfortheirscalps,andto-daytheyhearhimatthecouncil-fire."

           "Maguaisagreatchief."

           "Lethimproveit,byteachinghisnationhowtoconductitselftowardsournewfriends."

           "WhydidthechiefoftheCanadasbringhisyoungmenintothewoods,andfirehiscannonattheearthenhouse?"demandedthesubtleIndian.

           "Tosubdueit.Mymasterownstheland,andyourfatherhasbeenorderedtodriveofftheseEnglishsquatters.Theyhaveconsentedtogo,andnowhecallsthemenemiesnolonger."

           "’Tiswell.Maguatookthehatchettocoloritwithblood.Itisnowbright;whenitisred,itshallbeburied."