While the warriors were arming, the boys were despatched to the bottom
for the horses. The tents were hastily struck by the women, and
disposed of on such of the beasts are were not deemed fit to be
trusted in combat. The infants were cast upon the backs of their
mothers, and those children, who were of a size to march, were driven
to the rear, like a herd of less reasoning animals. Though these
several movements were made amid outcries, and a clamour, that likened
the place to another Babel, they were executed with incredible
alacrity and intelligence.
In the mean time, Mahtoree neglected no duty that belonged to his
responsible station. From the elevation, on which he stood, he could
command a perfect view of the force and evolutions of the hostile
party. A grim smile lighted his visage, when he found that, in point
of numbers, his own band was greatly the superior. Notwithstanding
this advantage, however, there were other points of inequality, which
would probably have a tendency to render his success, in the
approaching conflict, exceedingly doubtful.
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