Calico Illustrated Classics: The Last of the Mohicans

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chapter 2 The Meeting A few miles west two men rested on the banks of a fast-moving stream The older man’s face and chest were marked with streaks of black and white paint His head was closely shaved Only a single tuft of hair and a single eagle’s feather hung over his left shoulder A short military rifle lay across his bare knees The other man wore a forest green shirt with faded yellow fringe and a summer cap of skins His buckskin leggings were laced at the sides and he wore moccasins A rifle of great length leaned against a tree beside him As the younger man spoke his watchful eyes wandered Both our people came to this place and fought to stay Chingachgook he said 10