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           "Itisso;buttheyarenowbrightanddull;fortheYengeesearedead,andtheDelawaresareourneighbors."

           Theotheracknowledgedthepacificcomplimentbyagestureofthehand,andremainedsilent.ThenMagua,asifrecalledtosucharecollection,bytheallusiontothemassacre,demanded—

           "Doesmyprisonergivetroubletomybrothers?"

           "Sheiswelcome."

           "ThepathbetweentheHuronsandtheDelawaresisshort,anditisopen;letherbesenttomysquaws,ifshegivestroubletomybrother."

           "Sheiswelcome,"returnedthechiefofthelatternation,stillmoreemphatically.

           ThebaffledMaguacontinuedsilentseveralminutes,apparentlyindifferent,however,totherepulsehehadreceivedinthishisopenefforttogainpossessionofCora.

           "DomyyoungmenleavetheDelawaresroomonthemountainsfortheirhunts?"heatlengthcontinued.

           "TheLenapearerulersoftheirownhills,"returnedtheother,alittlehaughtily.

           "Itiswell.Justiceisthemasterofaredskin!Whyshouldtheybrightentheirtomahawks,andsharpentheirknivesagainsteachother?Arenotthepale-facesthickerthantheswallowsintheseasonofflowers?"

           "Good!"exclaimedtwoorthreeofhisauditorsatthesametime.

           Maguawaitedalittle,topermithiswordstosoftenthefeelingsoftheDelawares,beforeheadded—

           "Havetherenotbeenstrangemoccasinsinthewoods?Havenotmybrothersscentedthefeetofwhitemen?"

           "LetmyCanadafathercome,"returnedtheotherevasively;"hischildrenarereadytoseehim.