There, Judith; did you ever know of
any thing that so plainly shows the power of the Bible, as that!"
"If it were true 't would be a miracle, indeed, Hetty. But all
this is no more than Indian cunning and Indian treachery, striving
to get the better of us by management, when they find it is not to
be done by force."
"Do you doubt the Bible, sister, that you judge the savages so
harshly!"
"I do not doubt the Bible, poor Hetty, but I much doubt an Indian
and an Iroquois. What do you say to this visit, Deerslayer?"
"First let me talk a little with Hetty," returned the party appealed
to; "Was the raft made a'ter you had got your breakfast, gal, and
did you walk from the camp to the shore opposite to us, here?"
"Oh! no, Deerslayer. The raft was ready made and in the water
-could that have been by a miracle, Judith?"
"Yes - yes - an Indian miracle," rejoined the hunter - "They're
expart enough in them sort of miracles. And you found the raft
ready made to your hands, and in the water, and in waiting like
for its cargo?"
"It was all as you say. The raft was near the camp, and the Indians
put me on it, and had ropes of bark, and they dragged me to the
place opposite to the castle, and then they told that young man to
row me off, here.
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