manly but modest independence.

{Phidias = a very famous Greek sculptor of the 5th
century B.C.}

"Sago," said Fuller, drawing near to the young Indian, who
did not betray surprise or emotion of any sort, as the
stranger's foot-fall came unexpectedly on his ear, using
the salutation of convention, as it is so generally practiced
between the two races. The Indian threw forward an arm
with dignity, but maintained his erect and otherwise
immovable attitude.

{Sago = a term of greeting, as Cooper believed, among
American Indians}

"Oneida?" demanded Fuller, while he doubted if any young
warrior of that half-subdued tribe could retain so
completely the air and mien of the great forests and
distant prairies.

"Seneca," was the simple answer. The word was uttered in
a tone so low and melancholy that it sounded like
saddened music. Nothing that Fuller had ever before heard
conveyed so much meaning so simply, and in so few
syllables. It illuminated the long vista of the past, and cast
a gloomy shadow into that of the future, alluding to a
people driven from their haunts, never to find another
resting-place on earth. That this young warrior so meant to
express himself--not in an abject attempt to extort