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THE PIONEERS.
in the air, and then all remained dark as the conjunction of night, forests, and mountains, could render the scene.
The thoughts of the heiress wandered from the youth, who was holding a canopy of shawls over herself and Louisa, to the hunter and the Indian warrior; and she felt an awakening curiosity to visit a hut, where men of such different habits and temperament were drawn together, as if by one common impulse.
