Last Mohican

Author: Qiushan Translated
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Publish Date: 1997-06-01
Features: The story takes place in 1757, during the Anglo-French War, near George Lake in the New York Colony. Colonel Monroe (commander of Fort William Henry)’s two beautiful daughters, Cora and Alice, travel through the wilderness toward their father’s headquarters. Accompanied by them are Major Duncan Heyward (a young British officer from Virginia) and David Gamut (a music teacher from Connecticut). Leading them through the forest is a cunning Huron Indian named Magua, who claims to know a shortcut to their destination. Hawkeye (Nathaniel Bonaparte, sometimes called Deerslayer) and his two Delaware Indian friends (Chingachgook and his son Uncas) join the group, pointing out that Monroe’s daughters are going in circles. Magua doubts his motives (leading them into