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Chapter 27

           Hadtherebeenonesufficientlycurioustohavewatchedthemovementsofthenewlyelectedchief,hewouldhaveseenhimseatedinacornerofhislodge,musingonthesubjectofhisfutureplans,fromthehourofhisretirementtothetimehehadappointedforthewarriorstoassembleagain.Occasionallytheairbreathedthroughthecrevicesofthehut,andthelowflamesthatflutteredabouttheembersofthefirethrewtheirwaveringlightonthepersonofthesullenrecluse.AtsuchmomentsitwouldnothavebeendifficulttohavefanciedtheduskysavagethePrinceofDarkness,broodingonhisownfanciedwrongs,andplottingevil.

           Longbeforethedaydawned,however,warriorafterwarriorenteredthesolitaryhutofMagua,untiltheyhadcollectedtothenumberoftwenty.Eachborehisrifle,andalltheotheraccoutrementsofwar,thoughthepaintwasuniformlypeaceful.Theentranceofthesefierce-lookingbeingswasunnoticed;someseatingthemselvesintheshadowsoftheplace,andothersstandinglikemotionlessstatues,untilthewholeofthedesignatedbandwascollected.

           ThenMaguaaroseandgavethesignaltoproceed,marchinghimselfinadvance.Theyfollowedtheirleadersingly,andinthatwell-knownorderwhichhasobtainedthedistinguishingappellationof"Indianfile."Unlikeothermenengagedinthespirit-stirringbusinessofwar,theystolefromtheircampunostentatiouslyandunobserved,resemblingabandofglidingspectres,morethanwarriorsseekingthebubblereputationbydeedsofdesperatedaring.

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