1 Even so," said David, firmly; "I will abide in the place of the Delaware.
2 At first the Hurons believed the Delaware had been thus deformed by witchcraft.
3 "See, Uncas," he added, in Delaware, "your father is flaying the scalps already."
4 Delaware," he said, "though one of a nation of women, you have proved yourself a man.
5 Hawkeye explained his wishes in a very few words, which were spoken in the Delaware tongue.
6 He now spoke in Delaware to his companions, and his address, though calm and deliberate, seemed very decided.
7 "Uncas," returned Magua, pronouncing the Delaware name with even greater difficulty than he spoke his English words.
8 Hawkeye spoke to him in Delaware, when the young chief took his position with singular caution and undisturbed coolness.
9 He communicated the result of his observations to his companions, in Delaware, and a short and earnest consultation succeeded.
10 Look you, Delaware," she said, snapping her fingers in his face; "your nation is a race of women, and the hoe is better fitted to your hands than the gun.
11 At length they spoke together, earnestly, in the Delaware language, when Uncas, passing by the inner and most concealed aperture, cautiously left the cavern.
12 The Indians followed instantly like busy attendants on the terrible messenger, and Uncas commenced speaking earnestly and with much action, in the Delaware tongue.
13 Hawkeye and the Mohicans conversed earnestly together in Delaware for a few moments, when each quietly took his post, in order to execute the plan they had speedily devised.
14 An honest Delaware now, being fairly vanquished, would have lain still, and been knocked on the head, but these knavish Maquas cling to life like so many cats-o'-the-mountain.
15 No, no, the sarpent knew his errand; nor was there any great mistake in the matter, for there is but little love atween a Delaware and a Mingo, let their tribes go out to fight for whom they may, in a white quarrel.
16 They spoke together earnestly in the Delaware language, though in an undertone; and by the gestures of the white man, which were frequently directed towards the top of the sapling, it was evident he pointed out the situation of their hidden enemy.
17 The reader probably knows, if enough has not already been gleaned form this narrative, that the Delaware, or Lenape, claimed to be the progenitors of that numerous people, who once were masters of most of the eastern and northern states of America, of whom the community of the Mohicans was an ancient and highly honored member.
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