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Chapter 28

           OnthatmorningwhenMagualedhissilentpartyfromthesettlementofthebeaversintotheforest,inthemannerdescribed,thesunroseupontheDelawareencampmentasifithadsuddenlyburstuponabusypeople,activelyemployedinallthecustomaryavocationsofhighnoon.Thewomenranfromlodgetolodge,someengagedinpreparingtheirmorning’smeal,afewearnestlybentonseekingthecomfortsnecessarytotheirhabits,butmorepausingtoexchangehastyandwhisperedsentenceswiththeirfriends.Thewarriorswereloungingingroups,musingmorethantheyconversed;andwhenafewwordswereuttered,speakinglikemenwhodeeplyweighedtheiropinions.Theinstrumentsofthechaseweretobeseeninabundanceamongthelodges;butnonedeparted.Hereandthereawarriorwasexamininghisarms,withanattentionthatisrarelybestowedontheimplements,whennootherenemythanthebeastsoftheforestisexpectedtobeencountered.And,occasionally,theeyesofawholegroupwereturnedsimultaneouslytowardsalargeandsilentlodgeinthecentreofthevillage,asifitcontainedthesubjectoftheircommonthoughts.

           Duringtheexistenceofthisscene,amansuddenlyappearedatthefarthestextremityofaplatformofrockwhichformedthelevelofthevillage.Hewaswithoutarms,andhispainttendedrathertosoftenthanincreasethenaturalsternnessofhisausterecountenance.WheninfullviewoftheDelawareshestopped,andmadeagestureofamity,bythrowinghisarmupwardtowardsheaven,andthenlettingitfallimpressivelyonhisbreast.

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