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Chapter Five. Carried Off.
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While Robin1 Gore2 and his companions were anxiously searching the woods around Fort Enterprise for the lost children, a war-party of savages3 was making its way swiftly towards the Fort.
A chief of the Indians, named Hawk4, who was a shrewd as well as a bad man, had suspected Wapaw’s intentions in quitting the camp of his people alone and in such unnecessary haste. This man had great influence over his fellows, and easily prevailed on them to set off on their murderous expedition against the Fort of the “pale-faces” without delay.
Being well supplied with food, they travelled faster than their starving comrade, and almost overtook him. They finally encamped within a short distance of the Fort the day after Wapaw’s arrival, and prepared to assault it early next morning.
“If the wicked skunk5 has got there before us,” said Hawk to his fellows, as they prepared to set out before daybreak, “the pale-faces will be ready for us, and we may as well go back to our wigwams at once; but if that badger’s whelp has been slow of foot, we shall hang the scalps of the pale-faces at our belts, and eat their food this day.”
The polite titles above used by Hawk were meant to refer to Wapaw.
Indians are not naturally loquacious6. No reply was made to Hawk’s remark, except that one man with a blackened face, and a streak7 of red ochre down the bridge of his nose, said, “Ho!” and another with an equally black face, and three red streaks8 on each of his cheeks, said, “Hum!” as the war-party put on their snowshoes and prepared to start.
They had not gone far when Hawk came to a sudden pause, and stood transfixed and motionless like a dark statue. His comrades also stopped
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robin
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n.知更鸟,红襟鸟 | |
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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