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Chapter 30
"Fourwarriorsofhisracehavelived,anddied,"hesaid,"sincethefriendofTamenundledhispeopleinbattle.Thebloodoftheturtlehasbeeninmanychiefs,butallhavegonebackintotheearthfromwhencetheycameexceptChingachgookandhisson."
"Itistrue—itistrue,"returnedthesage;aflashofrecollectiondestroyingallhispleasingfancies,andrestoringhimatoncetoaconsciousnessofthetruehistoryofhisnation."OurwisemenhaveoftensaidthattwowarriorsoftheunchangedracewereinthehillsoftheYengeese;whyhavetheirseatsatthecouncil-firesoftheDelawaresbeensolongempty?"
Atthesewordstheyoungmanraisedhishead,whichhehadstillkeptbowedalittle,inreverence;andliftinghisvoicesoastobeheardbythemultitude,asiftoexplainatonceandforeverthepolicyofhisfamily,hesaidaloud—
"Oncewesleptwherewecouldhearthesaltlakespeakinitsanger.Thenwewererulersandsagamoresovertheland.Butwhenapale-facewasseenoneverybrook,wefollowedthedeerbacktotheriverofournation.TheDelawaresweregone.Fewwarriorsofthemallstayedtodrinkofthestreamtheyloved.Thensaidmyfathers,‘Herewillwehunt.Thewatersoftherivergointothesaltlake.Ifwegotowardsthesettingsun,weshallfindstreamsthatrunintothegreatlakesofsweetwater;therewouldaMohicandie,likefishesofthesea,intheclearsprings.WhentheManitouisready,andshallsay"Come,"wewillfollowtherivertothesea,andtakeourownagain.
