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Oonomoo the Huron

CHAPTER III
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Accordingly, he halted.

The movement of the panther in approaching his foe was not more stealthy and cautious than was his.
At length, reaching the shelter of a tree, and cautiously peering around, the Huron caught sight of the stern of his canoe.

One glance and his dark eyes flashed fire! The Shawnees had been there! What sign caught the notice of Oonomoo?
What kindled the fire in his dark eye?
What caused one hand to close over his knife, and the other to grasp his rifle?
It was a sign of his enemy.

Too well the sagacious Huron knew that the Shawnee was lying in wait for him.
The canoe, which Oonomoo left behind him, during his interview with Hans Vanderbum, lay precisely as it was first deposited.

Not a surrounding limb, shrub or leaf had, so far as he could see, been disturbed since he left the spot.


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