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THE MOHICANS.
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CHAPTER II.
"Thus spoke the sage; the kings without delay
Dissolve the council, and their chief obey."—Pope's Iliad.
Dissolve the council, and their chief obey."—Pope's Iliad.
A single moment, however, served to convince the youth that he was mistaken. A hand was laid, with a powerful pressure, on his arm, and then the low voice of Uncas muttered in his ears—
"The Hurons are dogs! The sight of a coward's blood can never make a warrior tremble. The 'grey head' and the Sagamore are safe, and the rifle of Hawk-eye is not asleep. Go—Uncas and the 'open hand' are now strangers. It is enough."
Heyward would gladly have heard more, but a timely effort from his friend, urged him toward the door, and admonished him of the danger that might attend the discovery
