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"And bold, and fearless, lad!" continued the trapper, looking up into
the eyes of his companion, with a wistfulness that bespoke the delight
he received in listening to the praises of one, whom it was so very
evident, he had once tenderly loved.
"Brave as a blooded hound! Without fear! He always quoted Uncas and
his father, who from his wisdom was called the Great Serpent, as
models of heroism and constancy."
"He did them justice! he did them justice! Truer men were not to be
found in tribe or nation, be their skins of what colour they might. I
see your grand'ther was just, and did his duty, too, by his offspring!
'Twas a perilous time he had of it, among them hills, and nobly did he
play his own part! Tell me, lad, or officer, I should say,--since
officer you be,--was this all?"
"Certainly not; it was, as I have said, a fearful tale, full of moving
incidents, and the memories both of my grandfather and of my
grandmother--"
"Ah!" exclaimed the trapper, tossing a hand into the air as his whole
countenance lighted with the recollections the name revived.


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