1 We have a few moments to spare; let us not waste them in talk like wrangling women.
2 Delaware," he said, "though one of a nation of women, you have proved yourself a man.
3 The mass of women and children stopped, and hovered together like alarmed and fluttering birds.
4 The heavy body in the rear pressed upon the women and children in front, and bore them to the earth.
5 Once sure of that, and where women are concerned it is not easy, the next is, to act up to the decision.
6 The awful effect was heightened by the piercing shrieks of the women and the fierce yells of the warriors.
7 There was no term of abuse known to the Huron vocabulary that the disappointed women did not lavishly expend on the successful stranger.
8 Motioning the women and children aside with a stern gesture, he took Uncas by the arm, and led him toward the door of the council-lodge.
9 The women and children, who lingered around the entrance, took up the words in an echo, which was succeeded by another shrill and plaintive howl.
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 The whole, however, was in motion; the weak and wounded, groaning and in suffering; their comrades silent and sullen; and the women and children in terror, they knew not of what.
12 In consequence of this bad fashion, a man, who is too conscientious to misspend his days among the women, in learning the names of black marks, may never hear of the deeds of his fathers, nor feel a pride in striving to outdo them.
13 The ominous sounds reached the outer door, and the women and children pressing into the throng, no gap had been left, between shoulder and shoulder, that was not now filled with the dark lineaments of some eager and curious human countenance.
14 Men, women, and children; the aged, the inform, the active, and the strong, were alike abroad, some exclaiming aloud, others clapping their hands with a joy that seemed frantic, and all expressing their savage pleasure in some unexpected event.
15 The effect of his indifference began to extend itself to the other spectators; and a youngster, who was just quitting the condition of a boy to enter the state of manhood, attempted to assist the termagant, by flourishing his tomahawk before their victim, and adding his empty boasts to the taunts of the women.
16 When he spoke of courage, their looks were firm and responsive; when he alluded to their injuries, their eyes kindled with fury; when he mentioned the taunts of the women, they dropped their heads in shame; but when he pointed out their means of vengeance, he struck a chord which never failed to thrill in the breast of an Indian.
17 Uncas acted as attendant to the females, performing all the little offices within his power, with a mixture of dignity and anxious grace, that served to amuse Heyward, who well knew that it was an utter innovation on the Indian customs, which forbid their warriors to descend to any menial employment, especially in favor of their women.
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