"In the first place, looks in a man are of no importance with a
woman, provided he is manly, and not disfigured, or deformed."
"There I can't altogether agree with you," returned the other
thoughtfully, for he had a very humble opinion of his own personal
appearance; "I have noticed that the comeliest warriors commonly get
the best-looking maidens of the tribe for wives, and the Sarpent,
yonder, who is sometimes wonderful in his paint, is a gineral
favorite with all the Delaware young women, though he takes to
Hist, himself, as if she was the only beauty on 'arth!"
"It may be so with Indians; but it is different with white girls.
So long as a young man has a straight and manly frame, that promises
to make him able to protect a woman, and to keep want from the
door, it is all they ask of the figure. Giants like Hurry may do
for grenadiers, but are of little account as lovers. Then as to
the face, an honest look, one that answers for the heart within,
is of more value than any shape or colour, or eyes, or teeth, or
trifles like them. The last may do for girls, but who thinks of
them at all, in a hunter, or a warrior, or a husband? If there
are women so silly, Judith is not among them.
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