29/36 The wind is blowing toward us, and he can take no alarm, unless he sees or hears us." "It would be shame to an Onondaga if a deer heard him coming." "You don't stand in any danger of being made ashamed, Tayoga. As you're to be the hunter, lead and I'll follow." The Onondaga slipped through the undergrowth, and Robert, a skillful young woodsman also, came after with such care and lightness of foot that neither made a twig or leaf rustle. Tayoga always followed the traces. The deer had nibbled tender young shoots, but he had not remained long in one place. The forest was such an abundant garden to him that, fastidious as an epicure, he required the most delicate food to please his palate. |