Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-02-23

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for your Frenchers when they have
done a clever thing, like to get back
and have dance, or q merry-making
with the women over their success"
~ know not. An Indian seldom
sleeps in war, and plumber may keep a
Huron here after his tribe has depart
ed. 1t would be we'll to e1tinguish the
fire and have watch. Listen ! you
hear the noise moan !"
"An Indian more rarely turks about
the graves. Though ready to slay,
and not over regretful of the means,
he is commonly content with the scalp,
unloss when blood is hot and temper
up; but after the spirit is once fairly
gone, he forgets his enmity and is
willing to let the dead find their nat
ural rest. Speaking of spirits, major,
are you Of tho opinion that the heaven
Of a red-skin and of us whites will be
one and the same7"
"No doubt-no doubt. / thought !
heard it again or was it the rustling
Of the leaves in the top Of the beech I"
'For my own part" continued
Hawk-eye, ~ believe that paradise is
ordained for happiness; and that men
will be INDUCED in it according to
their dispositions and gifts. I there
fore judge that q red-skin is not far
from tho truth when he believes he is
to find them glorious hunting-grounds
of which his traditions tell nor, for
that matter, do think it would be any
disparagement to q man without =
cross to pass his time"
"You hear it again." interrupted
Duncan.
SAY, ay, when food is scarce, and
when food is plenty, wolf grows
bold" said the unmoved scout. "There
would be picking, too, among the skins
of the devils, if there was light and
time for the sport. But, concerning
the life that is to come, major: have
heard preachers say in the settlements,
that Heaven was place of rest. Now
mems minds differ as to their ideas of
enjoyment. For myself, and say it
with reverence to the ordering of
Providence, it would be no great in
diligence to be kept shut up in those
mansions of which they preach, having
natural longing for motion and the
chase"
Duncan, who was now made to un-
derstand the nature of the noises he
had heard, answered, with more at
tention to the subject which the humor
of the scout had chosen for discussion,
by saying
"It is difficult to account for the
feelings that may attend the last great
change"
sit would be change indeed for q
man who has passed his days in the
open air." returned the singls-minded
scout; land who has so often broken
his fast on the head waters of the Hud-
son, to sleep within the sound of the
roaring Mohawk. But it is a comfort
to know we serve a merciful master
though we do it each after his fashion,
and with great tracts Of wilderness
atween us-What goes there Z"
SIS it not the rushing of the wolves
you have mentioned 7"
Hawk-eye slowly shook his head,
and beckoned Duncan to follow him to
spot, to which the glare from the
fire did not extend. When he had
taken this precaution, the scout placed
himself in an attitude of intense at
tention, and listened long and keen
ly for repetition of the low sound
that had so startled him. His vigilance,
however, seemed exercised in vain I;
for, after fruitless pause, he whisper
ed to Duncan
"We must give call to Uncas.
The boy has Indian senses, and may
hear what is hid from us; for, being a
white-skin, l will not deny my nature"
The young Mohican, who was con-
versing in a low voice with his father,
started, and springing on his feet, he
looked towards the black mounds. The
scout repeated the call, and in few
moments Duncan saw the figure of
Uncas stealing along the rampant, to
the spot where they stood.
Hawk-eye explained his wishes in a
very few words, which WAS spoken in
the Delaware tongue. So soon as I'm
cas- knew the reason why he was sum
moned, he threw himself fiat on the
turf where he appeared to lie quiet
and motionless. Surprised at the i'm
movable attitude of the young warrior,
Hayward advanced a few steps, and
bent over the dark object, on which
he had kept his eyes riveted. Then
he discovered that Uncas had vanished,
and that he beheld only the dark out
line of an inequality in the embank-
ment.
"What has become of the Mohican ~
he demanded of the scout stepping
back in amazement; cit was here that
saw him fall, and could have sworn