Deerslayer Quotes in The Deerslayer (1957)

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?