Hetty Hutter:
Then you're not sure then that the Hurons will give him up.
Deerslayer:
Well, that depends upon what they want most: Old Tom or the scalps of their dead.
Harry March:
What makes you think they want them scalps at all?
Deerslayer:
Well, all Indians are superstitious, Hurons more than most. They believe that the spirit of the scalped warrior can never rest until the scalp is reclaimed.
Harry March:
And then you can't go to the Happy Hunting Grounds without your hair on, huh?
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