the last of the mohicans by james fenimore cooper

Smothered voices were next heard, as though men called to each other in the bowels of the earth, when a sudden light flashed upon those without, and laid bare the much–prized secret of the place.Īt the further extremity of a narrow, deep cavern in the rock, whose length appeared much extended by the perspective and the nature of the light by which it was seen, was seated the scout, holding a blazing knot of pine. He seated himself on a projection of the rocks, whence he gave no other signs of consciousness than by the struggles of his spirit, as manifested in frequent and heavy sighs. The stranger alone disregarded the passing incidents. Heyward and his female companions witnessed this mysterious movement with secret uneasiness for, though the conduct of the white man had hitherto been above reproach, his rude equipments, blunt address, and strong antipathies, together with the character of his silent associates, were all causes for exciting distrust in minds that had been so recently alarmed by Indian treachery. “Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide Īnd ‘Let us worship God’, he says, with solemn air.”

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The last of the mohicans by james fenimore cooper