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Still an unnatural silence pervaded the spot, as if men
suppressed even the quiet breathings of sleep, in order to render the
appearance of their confidence more evident. The chief bent his head
to the earth, and listened intently. He was about to raise it again,
in disappointment, when the long drawn and trembling respiration of
one who slumbered imperfectly met his ear. The Indian was too well
skilled in all the means of deception to become himself the victim of
any common artifice. He knew the sound to be natural, by its peculiar
quivering, and he hesitated no longer.
A man of nerves less tried than those of the fierce and conquering
Mahtoree would have been keenly sensible of all the hazard he
incurred. The reputation of those hardy and powerful white
adventurers, who so often penetrated the wilds inhabited by his
people, was well known to him; but while he drew nigher, with the
respect and caution that a brave enemy never fails to inspire, it was
with the vindictive animosity of a red man, jealous and resentful of
the inroads of the stranger.


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