"
"I repel the proposition, as repugnant to nature, and as treason to
science!" exclaimed the alarmed naturalist. "Our progress is
miraculous; and as this admirable invention moves with so wonderful a
facility, a few more minutes will serve to bring us to land."
The old man regarded him intently for an instant, and shaking his head
he said--
"Lord, what a thing is fear! it transforms the creatur's of the world
and the craft of man, making that which is ugly, seemly in our eyes,
and that which is beautiful, unsightly! Lord, Lord, what a thing is
fear!"
A termination was, however, put to the discussion, by the increasing
interest of the chase. The horses of the Dahcotahs had, by this time,
gained the middle of the current, and their riders were already
filling the air with yells of triumph. At this moment Middleton and
Paul who had led the females to a little thicket, appeared again on
the margin of the stream, menacing their enemies with the rifle.
"Mount, mount," shouted the trapper, the instant he beheld them;
"mount and fly, if you value those who lean on you for help.
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