[The Prairie by J. Fenimore Cooper]@TWC D-Link bookThe Prairie CHAPTER XX 20/25
Let him look: is that a warrior of the Pale-faces? Was it one such as that who gave the great Dahcotah his hurt ?" The eyes of Mahtoree followed the direction of the old man's extended arm, until they rested on the drooping form of Inez.
The look of the Teton was long, riveted, and admiring.
Like that of the young Pawnee, it resembled more the gaze of a mortal on some heavenly image, than the admiration with which man is wont to contemplate even the loveliness of woman.
Starting, as if suddenly self-convicted of forgetfulness, the chief next turned his eyes on Ellen, where they lingered an instant with a much more intelligible expression of admiration, and then pursued their course until they had taken another glance at each individual of the party. "My brother sees that my tongue is not forked," continued the trapper, watching the emotions the other betrayed, with a readiness of comprehension little inferior to that of the Teton himself.
"The Big-knives do not send their women to war.
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