"Has the Black-Snake ever seen it worn that way ?" "Never," said the Huron.

And there was neither in his voice nor on his features the slightest tremour that we could discover in the fading light of the afterglow.
I rose to put an end to this, for my own nerves were now on edge; and I directed the two sentinels to their posts, the Wyandotte and the Oneida, Tahoontowhee.
Then I lay down beside the Mohican.

All the Indians had unrolled and put on their hunting shirts; I spread my light blanket and pillowed my head on my pack.
In range of my vision the Mole had dropped to his knees and was praying with clasped hands.

Shamed, I arose and knelt also, to say in silence my evening prayer, so often slurred over while I lay prone, or even entirely neglected.
Then I returned to my blanket to lie awake and think of Lois, until at last I dreamed of her.

But the dream was terrible, and I awoke, sweating, and found the Sagamore seated upright in the darkness beside me.
"Is it time to change the guard ?" I asked, still shivering from the horror of my dream.
"You have scarce yet closed your eyes, Loskiel." "Why are you seated upright wide awake, my brother ?" "There is evil in the wind." "There is no wind stirring." "A witch-wind came slyly while you slept.