Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-05-10

them that the Beng We all Wor.
ship, under different names, will be
mindful of their charity and that the
time shall not be distant when we may
assemble around his throne without
distinction of sex, rank or color"
I The scout listened to the tremulous
voice in which the veteran delivered
these words, and shook his head s' W.
ly when they were ended, as one who
doubted their efficacy.
ITO tell them this" he said, would
| be to tell them that the SHOWS cone
not in winter, or that the sun shines
fiercest when the trees are stripped of
their leaves"
Then turning to the women, he made
such communication of the others
| gratitude rs he deemed most suited to
the rapeniti.., of his listeners. The
head of Munro had already sunk upon
his chest, and he was again fast relap-
sing into melancholy, when the young
Frenchman before named ventured to
touch him lightly on the elbow. AS
soon as he had gained the attention of
the old man he pointed towards group
of young Indians, who approached
with light but closely covered litter
and then pointed upwards towards the
! sun.
81 understand you SIR" returned
Munro, with voice forced firmness;
81 understand you. 1t is the will of
Heaven, and | submit. Cora, my
child, if the prayers of heartbrokcn
father could avail thee now, how bless
ed shouldst thou be. Come, gentle
men, he added, "our duty here is
ended let us depart"
Hayward gladly obeyed a summons
that took them from spot where, each
instant, he felt his self-contiol was
about to desert him. While his COM
panions were mounting, however, he
found time to press the hand of the
scout, and to repeat the terms of an en-
gagement they had made, to meet
again within the post of the British
army. Then gladly throwing himself
into the saddle, he spurred his charge
to the side of the litter, whence low
and stif1ed sobs alone announced the
presence of Alice. In this manner,
the head Of Munro again dropping on
his bosom, with Hayward and David
following in silence, and attended by
the aide of Montcalm with his guard,
all the white men, with the exception
of Hawk-eye, passed before the eyes
of the Delawares, and were soon
buried in the vast forests of that re-
gion.
But the tie which, through their
common calamity, had united the feel
ings of these dwe1lers in the woods
with the strangers who had thus visited
them, was not so easily broken.
Years passed away before the tradi-
tionary tale of the white maiden, and
of the young warrior of the Mohicans.
ceased to beguile the long nights and
tedious marches, or to animate their
brave with desire for vengeance
Neither were the secondary actors in
these incidents forgotten. Through
the medium of the scout, who served
for years afterwards as link between
them and civilized life. they learned.
III answer 10 their inquiries, that the
GREY Head Ns- speedily gttiln...l
to his fathers -l;oriie down, ;ls was +.
roneously believed by his military
mistortunes and that the "Open
Hand" had conveyed his surviving
daughter far into the settlements of
the 'pale-faces," where her tears had
at last ceased to flow, and had been
succeeded by the bright smiles which
were better suited to her joyous ma
ture.
But these were events Of II time later
than that which concerns our tale.
Deserted by all of his color, Hawk-eye
returned to the spot where his own
sympathies led him, with a force that
no bond of union could bestow. He
was just in time to catch a parting
look of the features of Uncas, whom
the Delawares were already inclosing
in his last vestments of skins. They
paused to permit the lingering gaze of
the sturdy woodsman, and when it was
ended the body was enveloped, never
to be enclosed again. Then came
procession like the other, and the
whole nation was collected about the
temporary grave of the chief-tempo
rary, because it was proper, that at
some future day, his bones should rest
among those of his own people.
The movement, like the feeling, had
been simultaneous. The same express
sion of grief, the same silence, and the
Difference to the principal mourner,
were observed around the place of in
terment as have been already describ
ed. The body was deposited in an at
titude of repose, facing the rising sun,
with the implements of war and of the