groundbreaking	innovative, pioneering
seeping	leaking
forensic	related to methods to the investigation of crime
be written off as	to be decided that sb/sth is not worth paying attention
conceal	hide
gravely	seriously
prominent	important, famous, noticeable
apparent	obvoius
crack a case	to solve a case
tell-tale sign	very significant sign
have a hunch	to have a feeling
recede	to decrease
incriminating evidence	aggracating proof
single sb out	to choose sb
breach a norm	to break a rule/standard
slash	to hurt
pay tribute to	to honor sb
beast	animal, brute
band of indians	group of indians
entire	whole
warrior	soldier, fighter
slender	slim
honorable	respectable
prosperity	well-being, welfare
abundance	plenty, wealth
accomplishment	achievement
tribe	race, brood
collapse	fall, decline
sense of superiority	a sense of excellence, predominance
sb's scalp	sb's defeat
sensational	exciting, thrilling
hesitation	indecision
crops	harvest
wilderness	desert, desolation
scarce	rare
game	vension (dziczyzna)
trivial	banal, small
stray	to lose one's way
hostile	enemy, unfriendly
mistrust	suspection, disbelief
chief	leader
ambush	a trap
formidable foe	dangerous enemy/opponent
public sentiment	social feeling
abandon	to leave, quit
destiny	fate
deceive	to cheat, mislead
military post	an army station
vainglorious	vain, empty
villain	a bad character
remarkable	excellent, extraordinary
defeat	a failure
scatter	to spread
weary	tired
starving	dying of hunger
exhausted	very tired