text:  Observe the wild frenzy that there seems to seize him as he rushes with dauntless courage on the bristling phalanx of his enemies; as amidst the clouds of dust which float overhead and the horrid cries which resound on all sides he tears and widens with savage ferocity the fearful gash he has just received; as a moment after overcoming in personal conflict yon stalwart chief he decapitates with one blow of his heavy sabre the yet palpitating corpse and waves the gory head with demoniac triumph in the air; and as he returns home yet reeking with blood and intoxicated with victory and suspends above his threshold the ghastly trophy