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Chapter 28

           Assuchmeetingswererare,andonlycalledonoccasionsofthelastimportance,thesubtleHuron,whostillsatapart,awilyanddarkobserveroftheproceedings,nowknewthatallhisprojectsmustbebroughttotheirfinalissue.Hethereforeleftthelodge,andwalkedsilentlyforthtotheplaceinfrontoftheencampmentwhitherthewarriorswerealreadybeginningtocollect.

           Itmighthavebeenhalfanhourbeforeeachindividual,includingeventhewomenandchildren,wasinhisplace.Thedelayhadbeencreatedbythegravepreparationsthatweredeemednecessarytososolemnandunusualaconference.ButwhenthesunwasseenclimbingabovethetopsofthatmountainagainstwhosebosomtheDelawareshadconstructedtheirencampment,mostwereseated;andashisbrightraysdartedfrombehindtheoutlineoftreesthatfringedtheeminence,theyfelluponasgrave,asattentive,andasdeeplyinterestedamultitude,aswasprobablyeverbeforelightedbyhismorningbeams.Itsnumbersomewhatexceededathousandsouls.

           Inacollectionofsuchserioussavages,thereisnevertobefoundanyimpatientaspirantafterprematuredistinction,standingreadytomovehisauditorstosomehasty,and,perhaps,injudiciousdiscussion,inorderthathisownreputationmaybethegainer.Anactofsomuchprecipitancyandpresumptionwouldsealthedownfallofprecociousintellectforever.Itrestedsolelywiththeoldestandmostexperiencedofthementolaythesubjectoftheconferencebeforethepeople.

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