CHAPTER 7: INTO THE HURON CAMP

In this chapter Heyward, Hawk-eye, the two Mohicans and Munro continued to find the two sisters. They travelled on over land and they rested a day. Next day, Uncas saw the horses’ tracks and they followed them. Not far away the two horses were eating grass, so the Hurons and the sisters were near. Later, they decided to explore in groups.

When the sun was going, Heyward and Hawk-eye saw a strange Indian next to a lake. He was David Gamut! He was dressing as a Huron. The singing teacher said them that Cora and Alice were safe. But Cora was with the Delawares and Alice with the Hurons, so they needed to separate them in groups again. Heyward painted his face like Gamut.

After of this, Gamut and Heyward went to the Hurons camp. Heyward said to Hurons that he was a medicine man. They believed him. Suddenly, some Hurons warriors appeared in the camp with two prisoners. One of them was Uncas. An old woman decided to kill the other prisoner, who was a Huron, because Uncas said that he was a coward. 

Vocabulary:

Print: (noun) An indentation or mark made on a surface or soft substance: huella, marca.

-The prints were very suspicious.

Riderless: (adjective) Without a rider: sin jinete.

-The horses can’t be riderless.

Cloak: (noun) A sleeveless outdoor over garment that hangs loosely from the shoulders: manto, capa.

-The brown cloak is the thing that I most like.  

Look over: (verb) Looking towards a place: revisar, mirar.

-We looked over into the garden.

Moose: (noun) A large deer with palmate antlers and a growth of skin hanging from the neck, native to northern Eurasia and northern North America. Also called elk in Britain: alce.

-The moose is a horrible animal.

Hut: (noun) A small, simple, single-storey house or shelter: choza, cabaña.

-We walk away from the town towards the forest’s huts.

Trip: (verb) Catch one’s foot on something and stumble or fall: tropezar.

-He tripped over his cat.

Wise: (adjective) Intelligent, clever: inteligente, listo.

-She seems kind and wise.

Reed: (noun) A tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground: carrizo, junco.

-The river was surrounded by a lot of reeds.