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Chapter 3

           "Evenyourtraditionsmakethecaseinmyfavor,Chingachgook,"hesaid,speakinginthetonguewhichwasknowntoallthenativeswhoformerlyinhabitedthecountrybetweentheHudsonandthePotomac,andofwhichweshallgiveafreetranslationforthebenefitofthereader;endeavoring,atthesametime,topreservesomeofthepeculiarities,bothoftheindividualandofthelanguage."Yourfatherscamefromthesettingsun,crossedthebigriver,foughtthepeopleofthecountry,andtooktheland;andminecamefromtheredskyofthemorning,overthesaltlake,anddidtheirworkmuchafterthefashionthathadbeensetthembyyours;thenletGodjudgethematterbetweenus,andfriendssparetheirwords!"

           "Myfathersfoughtwiththenakedredmen!"returnedtheIndiansternly,inthesamelanguage."Istherenodifference,Hawkeye,betweenthestone-headedarrowofthewarrior,andtheleadenbulletwithwhichyoukill?"

           "ThereisreasoninanIndian,thoughnaturehasmadehimwitharedskin!"saidthewhiteman,shakinghisheadlikeoneonwhomsuchanappealtohisjusticewasnotthrownaway.

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