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BEGINNER
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JAMES
FENIMORE
COOPER
The
Last
of
the Mohicans
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Some difficult words and ph rases in this book are i
mportant

for
underst
andin
g
th
e story. Some of these words are explained in the
story and some are show n in the pictures. From Pre-i
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rmediate
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1.
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ese
words are explained in the G lossary at the end of the book.
Contents
A Note About the Author
A Note A
bo
ut This Story
The Pe
opl
e in This Story
1
Th
e Two Sisters
2 Lost in th e Forest
3
Th
e Fight at Gl
enn'

s Falls
4 'I Am a Huron Chief'
5 Fort William H
enr
y
6
'Wh
en Will Help Come?'
7
Th
e Trail
8
Th
e Medicine Man
9 In the Hurons' Village
10
Th
e Bear
11
Th
e Old Chief
12
Th
e Last of the Mohicans
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A N
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Ab
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th
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Auth
or
Jam
es F
enimore
Coop
er

was
b
orn
in N ew Jersey, N
or
th
Ame rica
on
15
th
Sep
te mber
1789.
Hi
s f
amil
y lived on a
f
arm
in
Coo
pers
to
wn, in
th
e
n
orth
of New York State.
Coo

pe r had five b
roth
er
s
and seven sisters. He w
ent
to
sc
hoo
l at Yale. But he did not
b
eh
ave we ll and he had to
leave. In 1805, Cooper became a sailor. He was in
th
e
US Navy
until
1
810
. In 1811
Coo
per's f
ath
er died.
Cooper married Susan De Lancey and
th
ey lived on
th
e farm.

From
1812 to 1821
Coo
per w
ork
ed very
hard. But he was poor. He gave a lot of mon ey to his
brother
s and sisters. In 1820, he started to write stories.
Coo
per's adve
nt
ure stories were about life in
th
e forests
and
th
e wild lands of N
orth
Am
erica.
The Last of the M
ohicans
was Cooper's most popul ar
story. Many people liked
th
e adve ntures of Hawk-eye.
Coo
per became rich and he travelled to Europe.
Coo

pe r wr
ote
five sto ries about Hawk-eye: The
Pi
oneers (1823) , The Last of the M
ohi
cans ( 1826 ), The
Pathfind
er (1840) and The Deerslayer (1841) . He also
wrote
The Spy (1821) , The
Pil
ot (1823) and The
Pra
ir
ie
(1 8
27)
. J
am
es F
enim
or
e
Coope
r
die
d
on
14th

September 1851.
4
A N
ot
e
Ab
out
Thi
s
St
ory
Place: Lake Horican on the Hud s
on
River.
Th
e author
gave this name
to
Lake
Geo
rge. (Look at
th
e map.)
It
is in
th
e east of N
orth
A me rica. Today, the area is
called New York State. At

th
e time of
thi
s story, N
orth
America was not indep
end
ent. N
orth
America became
independ
ent
from Europe in 1787.
Time:
1757 . A rmies f
rom
Engl
and
a
nd
Fr
an
ce
are
fi
ghtin
g in N
orth
A merica. B
oth

countries w
ant
th
e
l
and
.
Th
e Indian people had lived in
th
e l
and
for
th
ousands
of
yea rs.
Th
ey got t
he
ir food f
rom
th
e l
and
.
Th
ey
caught fish in
th

e rivers and lakes.
Th
ey h
unt
ed deer,
bears and birds in
th
e forests.
Th
ey ate the meat from
th
ese ani mals.
Th
ey made clo
th
es from
th
e an imals'
skins.
Th
ere were many differ
ent
Indian tribes, or famil ies.
Th
ese are so me
of
t
he
tri
bes w

ho
lived near t
he
Hud
son River:
Mo
haw
ks 'moohorks Delawares 'delow eoz
Lenni-L
enap
e l
eni
'le no.pe r Hur
ons
'ho
oronz
Oneidas o'ncrd
ee
s Mengwe 'm
eqgw
ei
Se
necas
'senerk
ees
Iroquois
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I
M
ohi
cans
mo'hiikon z Mingoes 'mnjgouz
In 1607, English people came to N
orth
Am
erica. In
1608, Fren
ch
people came.
Th
ey
hunt
ed
th
e animals.
5
Th
ey took
the
soft animals' skins to Europe.
Soon more and more Europeans came.
Th
ey wanted
th
e Indi
an

s' l
and
.
Th
e
kin
gs of Fr
an
ce and England
sen t soldiers to
North
A me rica.
Th
e soldiers built
strong f
ort
s to live in.
Th
e soldiers brought guns.
Th
e
Ind
i
an
s
fought
f
or
th
e arm ies fr

om
En gl
and
and
Fr
anc
e. In
thi
s story, th e
Huron
s are fi
ghtin
g for the
Fr
ench.
The
Mohawks are fi
ghtin
g for the English.
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a deer
The
Peo21
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in
This
Story
Cora
Munro
Alice
Munro
.koirc mrn'roq '
eelr
s rrrm'roq
if~
General
Munro
Gen
eral Webb

Magua
'djenral mrn'raq
'dj enral 'web
'meegwo
f
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Chingachgook
Uncas
tjm'geetjgok 'onkzes
Pi;;
Gen
eral
Montcalm
Tamenund
Duncan
Heyward
'd3enr;)) mon'ka:m t
eem
enond
'dxnkx n herwud
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The Two Sisters
It was
th
e year 1757.
Th
e place was the dangerous and
wild land, west of
th

e
Hud
s
on
River. It was the
third
yea
r
of
th
e w
ar
in
N or
th
A
me
rica
.
Th
e wa r was
b
etw
e
en
Engl
and
and Fr
an
ce. Ea

ch
cou
nt
ry wanted
th
e
l
and
for itself.
Indi
an
tribes had always lived in
th
at l
and
. In the
war, some tribes were fi
ght
ing for the Fr
en
ch. O
th
er
tribes were figh
tin
g for
th
e English.
F
ort

Edward was on the
Hud
s
on
River.
Ge
ne ral W
ebb
was t
he
c
omm
and
er
of
th
e
En
gli
sh
army at F
ort
E
dwa
rd. He was wa
it
i
ng
f
or

news
of
Ge
ne
ra l
M
ontc
alm
. M
ont
c
alm
was
th
e
co
m
ma
nde r
of
t
he
Fr
en
ch
army.
Th
e
new
s

ca
me o
ne
m
ornin
g. An
Indi
an
ca lle d
Magua arrived.
'M
ontc
alm
an d
th
e
Fre
nc
h army are
co
mi
ng
to
wa rds
For
t
Willi
am H
enr
y,' Magua

told
Ge
ne
ral
Webb .
F
ort
William
H
enr
y was fifte
en
miles away. It was at
th
e south end of Lake Horican.
'H
ow
man
y m
en
has M
ontc
alm
got?' asked Webb.
'As many as t
he
leaves on
th
e trees,' said Magua.
'

Ge
ne ral
Munro
wants more soldiers at Fort William
Henr
y.'
8
9
"l will se nd
fifte
en h
und
red men .' sai d Ge
ne
ral
Wchb.
Ge
ner
al
Munro
was
th
e com mande r of th e English
arm y
.1[ Fort William Henry. I Ic had two dau
ghte
rs -
Co
ra and A lice. Cow was about tw
ent

y-
thr
ee vearx old
and A ltcc
was cig
ht
ecn
. Cor a
ha
d da rk hair and a
be
aut
iful [ace. Alice had fair hai r and blue eyes.
Th
ese two YOU
Il
/ol:
women were en Fort Edward. But
they were going
to
travel
10
Fort William H
enr
y.
Th
ey
were going to meet their fat
her
.

Ge
ne ral Wehh sp
oke
to COni
and
Ali ce.
'Magun knows a secret path t
hro
ugh the forest,' said
Ge
ne
ra l W
ebb
. '
He
will be your gu ide. Ma gua and
Maj
or
Duncan Heyward will take you
to
Fort \Xlilliam
H
enr
y.'
Major Duncan Heyward was a young English officer.
He
and
the two young women left Fort Edward .
Th
ey

rode on h
or
ses. Maguu walked in front {If
th
em. Alice
wnrchcd Magua.
'I d
on't
like
him
,
Co
ra,' s
he
sa id.
'Whar
do you
t
hin
k! Will we he safe in the forest with Magna"
'W
e must trust Magus.' said
Co
ra.
'
Th
e Fr
en
ch know our soldie rs' pa
th

s,' said Duncan.
'But Mauna's path is secret.' He smiled
at Alice, and
she smiled at him. Dun
can
Heyward was in love with
Al ice.
'M agna is it Hu ron ,' said Duncan. ' But he lived w
ith
the M
oh
awks. T he Mohawk s are fri
en
ds of
th
e English.
Magua carne to us. Y
our
f<lt
her- ' Dun
ca
n stopped.
10
T hen he said, 'RIIt I
don't
remember all the story.'
Duncan knew more about
r
·1a
gua. Bur he did not

tell C
or
a and A lice. He did not say, 'A few years ago,
y
our
father's men
beat
Magna. Now Magua hates your
fat
he
r.'
Dun
c
an
diJ not wa
nt
ro frigh ten
th
e young
women .
So
th
ey followed Magll:l t
hro
ugh
th
e forest.
II
2
Lost in

the
Forest
A few miles west of Fort Edward,
thr
ee men were sit-
tin
g near a river. Two of
th
e m
en
were Indians.
Th
e
other man was a
whit
e man . Chingachgook and his
son,
Unca
s, wer e
Mohic
an
s.
Th
e
whit
e man was a
scout called Hawk-eye. Hawk-eye had a long
huntin
g-
gun.

Th
e
thr
ee men were talking.
'My trib e is
th
e oldest Indian tribe,' Chingachgook
said.
'Th
e blood of the Mohican chiefs is in me. Many
summers ago, my tribe came here
to
th
e land of
th
e
Delawares.'
12
'Where are the Mohicans now?'asked Hawk-eye.
'Wh
ere are
th
e flow
er
s of
tho
se summers?' said
C h i
ngac
hgoo

k.
'Go
ne.
All
dead .
Aft
er
my de
ath
,
Un
cas will be
th
e last of
th
e M
ohican
s.'
Suddenly,
th
ey heard a noise.
The
y
turn
ed quickly.
Hawk-eye lifted his gun.
'Wh
o is it?' he said.
Duncan Heyward rode out of
the

forest. Cora and
Alic
e followed him.
'I am an English officer,'
Dunc
an said.
'W
e have
come from F
ort
Edward. How far is it to F
ort
William
Henry ?'
Hawk -eye laughed. 'F
ort
William
Henry
? You are
going
th
e wrong way,' he said. 'You are near Gl
enn
's
Falls.'
'Th
e wrong way!' said
Duncan
.
'Then

we are lost.
But our Indian guide
-'
'You have an
Indian
guide
but
you are lost in
th
e
forest?' said Hawk-eye.
'That
is very strange. Is he a
Delaware ?'
'H
e is called Magua. He is a
Huron
,' said Duncan.
'But
he lives with
th
e M
oh
awks,
and
he is a guide for
th
e En
g-
'

'A
Huron!' said Hawk-eye quickly. 'You
can
trust a
Mohican
or a Delaware. But you
cannot
trust a Huron!
Your guide will lead you to his fri
end
s.
The
y will kill
you. Let me see
him
.'
Magua was standing b
eh
ind Cora's horse. Hawk-eye
lo
ok
ed at
him
.
Th
en
he
went
and
spo ke to

Chingachgook and
Unc
as.
13
Magua moved quickly. He ran
int
o the forest.
Hawk-eye, Chingac hgook and
Un
cas ran after him.
But Magua escaped.
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.'
"
'What
can
I do ?' thou
ght
Dunc
an.
'W
e are lost.'
He
turned
to Hawk-eye.
'Will
you take us to Fort
William Henry?' he asked. 'We will give you money.'
Hawk-eye looked at Cora

and
Alic
e. 'We will take
you,' he t
old
Dunc
an. 'Money is not imp
ort
ant.
We
will n
ot
leave you and
th
e two young wom
en
here.
Magua and his
Huron
fri
end
s will find you.
Co
me now
- quickly!'
14
Dun
c
an
and Hawk- eye spoke to

Co
ra and
Ali
ce.
Th
e sisters got off th eir horses.
Th
e M
ohic
ans took
th
e
animals away.
'Th
ey will hide the horses until
th
e m
ornin
g,' said
Hawk-eye. He pulled a canoe from
th
e tall grass at the
side of the river. 'G
et
int
o
th
e
can
oe,' he said.

'W
e will
go to a cave and we will stay
th
ere t
oni
ght
.'
Duncan,
Co
ra and Alice got
int
o
the
canoe. Hawk-
eye pushed the
can
oe to
th
e middle of
the
river.
Th
en
he got
int
o
th
e ca
noe

. He started to paddle along
th
e
river. So
on
they heard
th
e sound of a great waterfall in
f
ront
of
th
em - Glenn's Falls.
A few
minut
es later,
th
ey saw
th
e waterfall.
15
Alice looked at
the
tall young Mohican, Uncas.
'A
strong
man
is guarding us,' she said quietly to
her
sister. 'We will be safe tonight.'

16
17
3
The
Fight at Glenn's Falls
Hawk-eye woke
Duncan
early
the
next
morning.
'We must go,' he said. 'I will get
the
canoe. Wake
Miss
Cora
and Miss Alice. But do
not
make any noise.'
Duncan
went
to the back of
the
cave. 'Cora. Alice,'
he said quietly. 'Wake up.'
Suddenly
there
were
shouts
and

cries
outside.
Duncan
ran
to
the
front of
the
cave.
The
sound of guns
came from
the
forest.
There
were many Indians on the
other
side of
the
river.
'Hurons!'
thought
Duncan.
Then
Duncan
saw Hawk-eye.
The
scout was shoot,
ing from
the

flat rock.
Duncan
saw a
Huron
fall
into
the
rushing water.
Then
the
other
Hurons
ran
back
into
the
forest.
Hawk-eye
came
back
into
the
cave.
'They
have
gone,' he said.
'Will they come back?' asked Duncan.
'Yes, they will come back,' replied Hawk-eye. 'Miss
Cora
and

Miss Alice must stay here in
the
cave. We
will go to
the
rocks and wait for
the
Hurons.'
Duncan, Hawk-eye, Uncas and Chingachgook sat with
their guns.
They
sat
behind
some rocks near
the
water,
fall.
They
waited.
Minutes
passed.
Then
an
hour
passed.
18
Suddenly they heard
the
wild cries of
the

Hurons
again. Four Indians ran across
the
flat rock towards
the
cave. Chingachgook and Uncas fired
their
guns.
The
first two Hurons fell to
the
ground.
The
third
Huron
jumped
on
Hawk-eye.
Each
man
had
a
knife.
But
Hawk-eye was stronger
than
the
Huron. He killed
the
Huron

with his knife.
The
fourth
Huron
fought with Duncan. Uncas ran
to
help
the
officer.
The
young
Mohican
killed
the
Huron.
Then
Uncas
and
Duncan
ran
back
to
the
rocks.
The
Hurons on
the
other
side of
the

river started to
shoot again.
And
Chingachgook
shot
at them.
The
shooting
went
on
and
on. Rocks and trees near
the
cave were broken in a hundred places. But Hawk,
eye and his friends were
not
hurt.
And
Cora
and Alice
19
were safe in th e cave.
Hawk-eye saw a Huron in a tree on the other side of
the river.
Th
e scout lifted his l
on
g gun and fired.
Th
ere

was a cry and the Indian fell from the tree.
'I have no more bullets,' said Hawk-eye. 'Uncas! Go
to
th
e canoe.
Th
ere are some bullets in
th
e canoe.'
Un
cas ran quickly across
th
e flat rock. But he was
too late. A
Hur
on
was pu
shin
g the canoe across
th
e
river!
20
Du
nca
n, Hawk- eye a
nd
the two M
ohic
an

s we
nt
back to the cave.
'W
hat
can we do now?' asked
Dunc
an.
Hawk-eye
th
ou
ght
for a few m
inut
es.
'Th
ere will be
guards on the paths,' he said.
'Th
e Hu rons will watch
eve ry pa
th
. We must swim. We must
jump
into
th
e
river.
Th
e ru

shin
g water will take us past
th
e
Hur
on
s.'
Th
e scout looked at
Co
ra and Alice.
'We can
not
swim,' said Co ra. 'Alice and I will stay
here.
Go
to
Ge
ne ral
Munr
o at F
ort
Willi
am H
enr
y.
Ge
neral
Munr
o must send soldiers.'

Chingachgook,
Un
cas and Hawk-eye talked quietly
together.
Th
en Chingachgook ran out of
th
e cave and
jumped
int
o
th
e river. A momen t later, Hawk-eye put
d
own
his l
on
g gun and followed Chingachgook.
Th
e
ru
shin
g wat er took
th
em away.
21
Cora
looked at Uncas. 'Go with them,' she said.
'I will stay,' said
the

young
Mohican
.
'No!'
said Cora. 'Please,
Uncas,
Go
with them!'
Uncas was unhappy. But he jumped into
the
water
too.
Cora
looked at Duncan.
'I am
going
to stay,' said
Duncan.
He
looked
at
Alice. 'I
cannot
leave you.'
There
were shouts and cries from
the
Hurons on
the
flat rock.

Duncan
looked
out
of
the
cave.
The
Hurons were looking
behind
the
rocks
near
the
waterfall.
'They
are looking for us,'
thought
Duncan. He
went
quickly back
into
the
cave.
'Our
friends will bring help soon,' he said to Cora
and
Alice.
Cora
was afraid.
Her

face was white.
She
cried out.
Duncan
turned
-
and
he saw
the
terrible
face of
Magua!
'Where
are
the
Mohicans?' asked Magua.
'Where
is
the
scout, Hawk-eye -
The
Long Gun?'
Suddenly,
the
cave was full of Hurons.
One
of
them
picked up Hawk-eye's gun.
'They

have
gone,'
said
Duncan.
'They
will
bring
help soon.'
The
Hurons
were angry.
They
were going to kill
their
prisoners. But Magua spoke to
them,
quickly
and
quietly.
Then
the
Hurons
took
Duncan,
Cora
and
22
Alice to
the
flat rock.

One
of
the
Hurons brought
the
canoe.
'Get
into
the
canoe!' Magua said.
Duncan
and
the
sisters got into
the
canoe. Magua
and
the
Hurons took
them
across
the
river.

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The
prisoners got
out
of
the
canoe
on
the
other
side
of
the
river. Magua
and
five Hurons stayed
with
them.
The
other
Hurons walked away
into
the
forest.
23
4
'I Am a Huron Chief'
Th
e
Huron
s

and
the ir prisoners sta rted
to
walk. Magua
walked in front of Duncan,
Co
ra
and
Alice.
The
other
Huro
ns walked b
ehind
th
e
pri
s
on
er
s.
The
y wa lked
across a valley.
Th
en Magua led
them
up a steer hill.
Th
e l

and
at th e top
of
th e
hill
was flat . Magua sa t
d
own
und
er a tr ee.
Th
e H ur
on
s star te d
to
ea t a nd
drink.
Magua sho
ute
d
to
Dunca n. 'S
end
t
he
dark
-hair
ed
woman to me!'
Co

rd W <lS afraid. She w
ent
to
Magua. 'W ha t do you
wanri' s
he
asked.
'I
am a Hu r
on
chief,' said Magua. " lived twenty
su
mme
rs and tw
ent
y
winte
rs. I did n
ot
see
a
whi
te
man .
I was h
app
y!
Th
en a white m
an

carne to
th
e for -
est.
lie
gave me hrandy. T he drink was bad (or me. It
made me crazy! My
peo
ple were an gry. I had
(Q
go
a wav, I r
an
away
and
lived
with
th e M
oh
awks.'
'Th
en
the
war starre
d,'
said Magua . 'T
he
Fr
en
ch

and
th c En gli sh we re fis::htin g
eac
h other.
Th
e
M
oh
awks were fi
ghtin
g for th e English.
Th
e
Hur
on
s
were fi
ghtin
g (or d ie Fr
en
ch
. I was fi
ghtin
g my own
peo ple.'
'Y
our
father -
Munr
o - was our chief. He told th e

M
oh
awks,
"Do
not dri
nk
brandy!" But a white
man
gave me brandy. W
hat
did
Munr
o
do~
He gave orders
14
to
his men .
Th
ey ti ed me with ropes and they heat me!
I will never
forget!'
'But- ' said
Cor
a.
'W
om
an
!' s
ho

uted Magua . He s
too
d up q
uick
ly.
' You
will
be
my
wif
e ! Y
our
sis
te
r will go
[0
F
ort
William Henry. S
hc
must tell
Munr
o
eve
rything.
Th
en
Mu
nr
o w

ill
kn
ow .
Hi
s d
aughter
li ves
with
me -
Magua.'
'
Never
!' said
Co
ra. 'I will not be y
our
wife.'
Magua smiled.
Th
en
vou
will
die,' he snid. 'A nd
y
our
fri
end
s will die too.'
2S
Then

Magua
went
towards
the
other
Hurons
. He
spoke to them.
Duncan
ran
to
Cora.
'What
is wrong?' he asked.
'What
did Magua say to you?'
'It
is
not
important,' said Cora.
The
Hurons
were
listening
to
Magua.
Duncan
watched them.
They
were very angry. Suddenly, Magua

shouted at
the
Hurons.
They
pulled
Duncan
and
the
women towards
the
trees.
They
tied each prisoner to a
tree
with
rope.
Magua stood in front of Cora. He laughed.
'What
does Munro's daughter say now?' he said. 'Shall I
'send
your sister to your father? Will you follow me to
the
Great
Lakes and live with me?'
Cora
looked at
her
sister.
'Alice,' said Cora. 'I must go
with

Magua and be his
wife.
Then
you
and
Duncan
will live.'
'No!'
shouted
Duncan. 'Never!'
'No,
no, no!' said Alice.
'Then
die!' shouted Magua.
He threw his knife at Alice.
The
knife
cut
off some
of
her
hair. It
hit
the
tree
above
her
head.
Duncan
shouted angrily.

The
Hurons
had
tied
Duncan
to a
tree.
But
he
pulled
the
rope and it broke. He jumped
on
a
Huron
and
they fought.
The
Huron
had a knife. He was going
to kill Duncan.
Suddenly a gun fired
and
the
Huron
fell dead.
26
27
5
Fort William Henry

Hawk -eve
ran
from
th
e f
or
est. C
hi
ngachgcok
and
Uncus followed
him
.
There
was a fi
J.:ht.
Hawk
-eve,
Uncas
and
Dun
can
killed four
Huron
s. Chingachgook
jumped
on
Magna .
The
M

ohi
can stabbed Magna with
his knife. Mu
gu»
fell
to
the ground.
Hawk -eye
and
Dun
c
an
went
and h
elp
ed
rhe
two
wom
en
. But Magua was n
ot
dead
. He got up and
ran
away. C
hing
achgook and Uncas ran after
him
.

'Stop !' sli
our
ed Hawk-eve. 'You ca n
no
t catch
him
.'
'Hawk-eye, how did vou find us!' Duncan asked.
'We waited at
th
e:
side of
th
e river,' said Hawk-eve.
'We saw
th
e
Hur
on
s take you a
cro
ss
th
e river.
Th
en
we
followed you.'
'You saved my life,' sald
Dun

can .
Haw k-eve smiled. 'I f
ound
a Hu ron 's gun ,' he said.
'
Th
e Hu rons wctc stupid.
Th
ev left th eir g
um
und
er
th e trees.'
Hawk-eye w
ent
back
[Q
the
trees. He picked up
the
other guns, He found his
own
long gun .
'Now we ha n : guns
and
bull
et
s,' he said. 'We will
stay h er e
to

nig
h t. T
om
orr
ow we
will
go to
Fort
William
Henr
y.'
VC
r)
' earl y
th
e next m
orni
ng. H
awk
-eye wok e hi s
28
friends.
He
led
th
em across the valley and
a lo
n~
a path
thr

ough
th
e forest.
Th
e)' stopped
ncar
a small river.
'W
e will walk in th e water,' said Hawk -eye.
'Th
en
Maguu will not sec our f
oot
print
s on
th
e ground.'
The
y walked in
th
e river (or an h
our
.
Then
th
ev
came to some m
ountain
s.
'

Wa
lk
qui
etly
n nw !' said
Hawk
-ey e. 'T
he
re
arc
Fr
en
ch
soldiers here.'
The
y walked
to
th
e top of a m
ount
ain
and lo
oked
d
own
.
Th
ere was Lake Hortc
an
!

An
d t
her
e was F
ort
Willi
<lm
Henr
y! Smoke came from fires in
th
e forest.
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29
'Look at
the
fires,' said Hawk-eye.
'There
are many
Hurons in
the
forest.
They
are fighting for

the
French.'
'And
look
to
the
west,' said Duncan. 'Look at those
tents.
That
is
General
Montcalm's
camp.
There
are
thousands of French soldiers.'
Suddenly they heard
the
sound of guns.
'The
French
are
shooting
at Fort William Henry,'
said
Duncan
. 'But we must get
into
the
fort.'

'We
are lucky,' said Hawk-eye.
'Thick
fog is coming
along
the
valley.
The
fog will hide us from
the
French.
Follow me!'
Hawk-eye
and
the
Mohicans started to walk down
the
mountain.
Duncan
and
the
two sisters followed
them.
At
the
bottom
of
the
mountain,
the

fog was very
thick.
'Be careful!' said
Hawk-eye.v'There are many French
soldiers along this
path
. Walk quietly!'
They
followed him through
the
fog. Suddenly, they
heard voices.
'Who
is there?' said a soldier in French.
Duncan
replied in French.
'A
friend of France!' he
said.
'Who
are you?' shouted
the
Frenchman.
But
Duncan
and
his friends walked away quickly.
They
went
on

through
the
fog.
At
last, they arrived at
the
walls of
the
fort.
An
English voice shouted from
the
top of
the
wall.
'The
French are here. Shoot!
Shoot!'
'Father, Father!' Alice shouted.
'It
is us! Save your
30
daughters! '
'Don't
shoot,
men!'
said
the
voice
of

General
Munro. 'My daughters are here!
Open
the
gates!'
The
gates
opened.
Soldiers
came
out
of
the
fort.
They
took
everybody
inside
-
Duncan,
the
young
women, Hawk-eye
and
the
Mohicans.
But everybody in Fort William Henry was in danger.
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6
'When
Will
H
elp
Come?'
Days passed.
Th
e Fren
ch
army fired their big guns at
F
ort
William H
enr
y. Many English soldiers were killed.
Ge
ne
ral
Munr
o waited. But
Ge
ne
ral Webb
did
n
ot
send any soldie rs.

Munr
o se
nt
H
awk-
eye to F
ort
Edward with a message.
Ge
neral Webb gave Hawk-eye a l
ett
er for Munro.
Th
e scout started
to
go back
to
F
ort
William H
enr
y.
But French soldiers stopped
him
.
Th
ey took the l
ett
er.
Th

ey tied Hawk-eye's h
and
s with rope.
Th
e next m
ornin
g, Duncan Heyward was standing
by the gates of Fort William H
enr
y. He saw
thr
ee men
coming towards the fort. He we
nt
to General
Munr
o.
'Ge
neral
Munr
o,' he said.
'T
wo French soldiers are
at
th
e gates of the fort. Hawk -eye is with them. But
when will help come from Fort Edward?'
Hawk-eye came into General
Munr
o's room.

32
'G
en
eral Webb gave me a l
ett
er for you,' he said.
'But
th e Fr
en
ch soldiers took it. General M
ontc
alm
w
ant
s to speak to you. You must go to his camp.'
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A Fr
ench
office r m
et
Munr
o and
Dun
c
an
at
th
e
gates of
th
e fort.
Th
ey we

nt
to
Ge
nera
l M
ontc
alm's
ten t in
th
e Fr
ench
camp.
Th
ere were Fr
ench
officers and Indian chiefs in
th
e
t
en
t.
Th
en
Dun
can saw Magua. Magua was fi
ghtin
g for
the French!
Th
e Huron looked at

Dun
c
an
and smiled.
M
ontc
alm spoke first. He spoke
to
Munr
o.
'You have fought well, Ge neral,' he said. 'But now
you must stop fi
ghtin
g.'
M
ont
calm gave a l
ett
er
to
Munr
o.
Munr
o read it
quickly.
Th
en
he gave it to Duncan.
Th
e letter was

from Ge neral Webb.
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Th
ey did not speak.
Th
en Ge neral Mo
nt
calm spoke to Munro. 'You and
your soldiers must leave F
ort
William H
enr
y,' he said.
'You can take your guns. But do n
ot
take your bullets.
Your m
en,
women and ch ildren will be safe. But we
will burn th e f
ort
.'
Gene
ral
Munr

o was unhappy. 'We will leave in the
m
ornin
g,' he said.
Th
en he and Duncan we
nt
back
to
the fort.
Magua was
ang
ry. He spoke to the
Hur
on
chi
efs.
'The English will leave the fort.
Th
e Fren
ch
will not
kill
th
em. But t
he
English are t
he
e
ne

mies of
th
e
Hurons. We will kill
th
e English!'
Thr
ee tho usand English people - soldiers , women and
children - left the fort.
Th
ey walked past the Fr
en
ch
sol
diers
a
nd
t
hey
wa lked
towards
th
e f
or
e
st.
Th
e
Engli
,s

h soldiers carried the ir guns. But
th
ey had no
bullets .
35
Magua and
th
e Hurons were standing in
th
e forest.
Th
ey w
atch
ed F
ort
William H
enr
y.
Th
e English left
th
e f
ort
and walked
int
o
th
e forest.
Th
en two thous

and
Indians a
tt
acked!
Th
e English could n
ot
fight.
Th
ey had no bull
et
s in
th
eir guns. M
an
y of
th
e English were killed.
Alic
e
and
Cor
a saw
th
eir f
ath
er. He was
runnin
g
tow

ard
s
the
Fr
ench
c
amp
. H e was go ing to
find
M
ontcalm
. He was going to ask for help.
'Fathe r! F
ath
er!' shouted Alice.
'W
e are here!'
But
Munr
o did not hear them. He did n
ot
stop.
Magua was watch ing. He r
an
to
Co
ra.
'Will
you
come with me now?' he said.

'
Ne
ver!' said
Co
ra. 'I will not be your wife.'
Th
e
Hur
on
looked at her. But he
did
n
ot
s
peak
.
Th
en
he
turn
ed to
Alic
e. He
held
Alice'
s arms. He
pulled
her
towards a horse.
'St

op!' sho uted
Co
ra.
And
she
ran
after them.
Magua
put
Alic
e on
th
e horse.
Then
he
put
Cora
on
th
e horse too.
Th
e
Hur
on
took
them
al
on
g a p
ath

towards Lake Horic
an
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36
7
Th
e Trail
Thr
ee days had passed. F
ort
William H
enr
y had burnt
down.
Th

e Fr
en
ch soldiers had gone.
Th
e Indians had
gone.
The
bodies of many English soldiers, women and
children lay on the ground.
In
th
e evening, five men walked through
th
e forest.
Munr
o, Duncan, Hawk-eye, Chingachgook and
Unc
as
were lo
okin
g for
Co
ra and Alice.
Th
ey found the dead
bodies of many English people.
The
five men were sad
and angry.
Sudden

ly,
Unc
as shouted to
the
others, 'Look!'
He had a small piece of cl
oth
in his hand.
'T
hat
is a piece of Cora's dress!' said
Munr
o.
Unc
as found fo
otprint
s on
the
ground, near a tree.
'Three people and a horse have stood here,' he said.
Th
en
Chin
g
ach
gook f
ound
Alice'
s necklace.
And

he f
ound
anothe r piece of
Co
ra's dress.
Duncan took
th
e necklace. He smiled.
'A
lice is
alive, ' he said.
38
'Miss
Co
ra has left a trail,' said Hawk-eye. 'She has
left pieces of her dress. We can follow this trail. But we
must go quietly. Magua is with them.'
'But it is late,' said Hawk-eye.
'W
e will
eat
some
food. We will sleep here tonig
ht.
Tomorrow we will
follow Miss Cora's trail.'
Very ea rly
th
e ne
xt

m
ornin
g, Hawk- eye woke
th
e
English officers and
th
e Moh icans.
Th
e five men followed
Co
ra's trail. It led
th
em to
Lak e H
oric
an.
Un
cas and Ch i
nga
c
hgoo
k f
ound
a
canoe in the grass near the lake.
Th
e five m
en
got

int
o th e ca
noe
.
Th
e Moh icans
paddled it along
th
e lake.
Aft
er half an hour,
Un
cas spoke quietly.
'Smoke,' he said. He was looking at a small island in
front of the m.
'Smoke from a fire,' said Hawk-eye.
'And
there are
two canoes.'
Suddenly, some
Hur
ons ran from
th
e trees on
th
e
island.
Th
ey got
int

o
th
e two canoes .
'They are following us,' said
Dun
can. 'Paddle fast
ed'
'No! Stop paddling,
Chin
gachgook,' said Hawk-eye.
'I will shoo t them.'
And
he lifted his long gun.
He fired. A
Huron
in
th
e first canoe fell
int
o the
lake.
Th
e
Hur
ons stopped their two
can
oes.
Th
ey did
not follow.

Chin
g
ach
gook and
Unc
as started
paddlin
g again.
Th
e five men
went
on.
Th
ey w
ent
north, up
th
e lake.
39

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8
The
Medicine
Man
In
th
e evening,
th
e five men arrived at
the
n
orth
end
of Lake Horican.
Th
ey got out of
the
canoe
and
Unca
s
and
Chin
gachgook carried it.
They
put
it under some
trees.
'W
e

hav
e lost
th
e trail,' said Duncan.
'Wh
ere shall
we go!'
'My M
ohican
fri
end
s know
th
e
path
to
the
Hur
on
s'
village,' said Hawk-eye.
'It
is
north
of
thi
s place.
That
is where Magua is going. We will go
north

too.'
For two days,
th
e m
en
followed
the
path.
Th
ey walked
many miles.
They
arrived at the
Huron
s' village on
the
second day. It was early evening.
There
were about a
hundred houses by a small lake.
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Hawk-eye spoke to Chingachgoo k and
Unc
as.
Th
en
he spoke to Duncan and
Munr
o.
'G

en
eral
Munr
o, s
tay
with
Ch i
ngac
hgoo
k,' said
Hawk-eye. 'Stay in the forest.
Dun
can and I will go
int
o
th
e village.
Unc
as, go up
th
e
hill
to
th
e west.
W
atch
th
e village.
Co

me back quickly. Tell us about
th
e guards.'
An
hour
passed.
Th
e four m
en
w
ait
ed.
Unc
as did
n
ot
come back.
Sudd
enly
Duncan
spoke. 'I have a pl
an,'
he said.
'Hawk-eye, give me your coat. I must not wear my red
soldier's coat in
th
e village. I will be a medicine man -
a Fr
ench
doctor.

I will spe ak Fr
en
ch.
I will w
alk
thr
ou
gh
the
village and go
int
o
th
e hou ses.
Th
e
Hur
ons will n
ot
hurt
a medicine man . I will find Alice
and
Co
ra.'
It was a dangerous plan.
Dunc
an put on Hawk-eye's coat .
Th
en he walked
int

o
th
e
Huron
s' village .
Th
ere was a large wooden
building in front of
him
. It was the me
etin
g-house of
th
e
Hu
ron chiefs. Dunc
an
w
ent
inside.
Some
Hur
on
chiefs were sitt ing tog
eth
er.
Th
ey saw
Dunc
an

com
e in.
On
e of
th
e
chief
s walked forward.
His hair was grey
and
he was tall
and
strong. He spoke
to
Dunc
an in
th
e Huron l
an
guage. But Duncan did not
underst
and
.
'Do you speak French ?' Du
nca
n asked.
Th
e
Huron
replied in French. 'Why are you here?'

he asked.
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'I am a medi
cin
e man ,' said
Dunc
an. 'The King of
France se
nt
me. Are any Hurons ill?'
Sudden
ly,
there were loud cries from
th
e forest.
Th
e
chiefs left the mee
tin
g-house.
Dun
c
an
followed th em.
More Hurons were coming into the village.
Th
ere was
a prisoner in f
ront
of

th
em.
It
was
Unca
s!
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9
In
the
Hurons' Village
Uncas
was
not
afraid.
The
Hurons
ran
around
him.
They
shouted.
They
pulled
him
towards
the
wooden
building. Uncas saw
Duncan

outside
the
building.
'Hawk-eye
is safe,
Uncas,'
Duncan
said
quietly.
Then
the
Hurons took Uncas
into
the
meeting-house.
Duncan
walked
through
the
village. He looked in
the
houses.
Nobody
stopped him. Nobody asked any
questions. But
Duncan
did
not
find Alice and
Cora

.
He
went
back
to
the
meer
ing-house
.
He
went
inside.
Uncas
was standing and
the
chiefs were sitting.
Duncan
sat down too. He sat
near
the
wall.
Then
another
Huron
came
into
the
building. It was
Magua! Magua did
not

see Duncan. But he saw Uncas.
He shouted, 'Mohican, you must die!'
Magua was angry. He
turned
to
the
chiefs.
'Many
Hurons died at Glenn's Falls,' he said.
'This
Mohican
is
our enemy!'
Magua
and
two
Hurons
took
the
young
Mohican
out
of
the
meeting-house.
Then
one
of
the
chiefs spoke to Duncan. 'Medicine

man,
the
wife of
one
of my
men
is ill - she is sick.
Can
you make
her
well?'
'Take me to
the
woman,' said Duncan.
He
followed
the
chief
out
of
the
meeting-house.
They
went
towards a hill.
There
was a cave in the hill.
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Duncan
saw a bear following them. But he was

not
afraid.
Indians
liked bears.
They
often
had
bears in
their
villages.
-
-
-~-
-~
-
~
.
_~
,
""'
.
~
-
-
Duncan
followed
the
chief
into
the

cave.
The
cave
was large and there were many rooms with stone walls.
The
chief
took
Duncan
into
one
room.
The
sick
woman was lying
on
the
ground.
Some
other
women
were with her.
Duncan
looked at
the
sick woman.
'She
is dying,' he thought.
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Th
e

Huron
chief waited and looked at Du
ncan
.
Duncan
turn
ed to the Huron chie f. 'I must look at
this sick woman alone,' he said. 'My medicine is secret.
Go
with
th
ese four women . Wait outside.'
Th
e
chief
and
th
e four women left the cave .
A few
minut
es later,
th
e bear came into th e cave.
Th
e bea r
made
a loud noise. Du
nca
n looked at
th

e
bear. Ag
ain,
th
e bear made a l
oud
noise. It walk ed
towards Duncan. Suddenly, it took off its head! It was
Hawk-eye! Hawk-eye was wearing a bear's skin!
'W
hat
-?'
said Duncan.
Th
en
he laughed.
'Wh
y are
you wearing a bear's skin?' he asked.
'I f
ound
th
e bear's skin in a Hur
on
's house,' said
Hawk-eye. 'Now the
Hur
on
s will not stop me. But tell
me.

Wh
ere is Miss Alice?'
'I have be
en
unlu
cky. I have not found Alice or
Co
ra. And
Unc
as is a pris
on
er of
th
e Hurons.'
'Magua has tak
en
Miss
Co
ra to
th
e village of
th
e
Delawares,' said Hawk-eye. 'I heard two
Hur
ons talk-
ing about her. Chingachgook and Mu
nro
are safe in
th

e forest.'
Th
en
Hawk-eye heard a noise. He looked ove r a
stone wall. 'Miss Alice is in
th
e next room!' he said.
Dunc an went into the next room.
Th
ere were some
bl
ank
ets, clo
th
s and animals' skins in the room. And
t
here
was A lice. Her hands and feet were tied with
rope. Her face was white. She was afraid.
'Duncan!' she said. 'You are here.'
'Yes,' said
Dun
can. He
unt
ied her hands and feet.
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'W here is
Co
ra?' asked Alice. 'Where is my f
ath

er?'
'Your fa
th
er is safe. He is with Chingachgoo k,' said
Duncan .
'And
Cora?' Alice asked again.
'Sh
e is near here. She is at
an
other
village,' said
Duncan. 'She is
with
th
e Delawares.'
Sudd
enly, somebody came
into
the
room
. It was
Magua!
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