269. Colonising Canada: The Truth Behind ‘The Last of The Mohicans’ (Ep 3)

Magwa placed his hands to his mouth and raised the fatal and appalling whoop. The scattered Indians started at the well-known cry. Directly there rose such a yell along the plain and through the arches of the wood as seldom burst from human lips before. More than two thousand raving savages broke through the forest at the signal and threw themselves across the fatal plain with instinctive alacrity.

Death was everywhere, and in his most terrific and disgusting aspects. Resistance only served to inflame the murderers, who inflicted their furious blows long after their victims were beyond their power of resentment. It might have been ten minutes before the sisters stood riveted. It might have been ten minutes that the sisters had stood riveted to one spot, horror stricken and nearly helpless. When the first blow was struck, their screaming companions had pressed them in a body, rendering flight impossible.

and now that fear or death had scattered most, if not all, from around them, they saw no avenue open, but such as conducted to the tomahawks of their foes. On every side arose shrieks, groans, exhortations, and curses. At this moment Alice caught a glimpse of the vast form of her father. Father, father, we are here shrieked Alice as he passed at no great distance, without appearing to heed them. Come to us, father

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