During this summary and brief disposition of things, the disappointed
agent of Mahtoree and his callous associates were seen flying across
the plain, in the direction of the retiring families; and when Ishmael
left the spot with his prisoners and his booty, the ground, which had
so lately been alive with the bustle and life of an extensive Indian
encampment, was as still and empty as any other spot in those
extensive wastes.
CHAPTER XXX
Is this proceeding just and honourable?
--Shakspeare.
During the occurrence of these events on the upland plain, the
warriors on the bottom had not been idle. We left the adverse bands
watching one another on the opposite banks of the stream, each
endeavouring to excite its enemy to some act of indiscretion, by the
most reproachful taunts and revilings. But the Pawnee chief was not
slow to discover that his crafty antagonist had no objection to waste
the time so idly, and, as they mutually proved, in expedients that
were so entirely useless.
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