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The Last of the Mohicans episode summary. The Last of the Mohicans. Cooper Fenimore. "The Last of the Mohicans" very briefly

The Last of the Mohicans episode summary. The Last of the Mohicans. Cooper Fenimore. "The Last of the Mohicans" very briefly

In the wars between the British and French for the possession of American lands (1755-1763), opponents more than once took advantage of civil strife between Indian tribes. The times were difficult and cruel. Dangers lurked at every step. And it is not surprising that the girls, who were traveling, accompanied by Major Duncan Hayward, to the commander of the besieged fort’s father, were worried. Especially disturbing to Alice and Cora - that was the name of the sisters - was the Indian Magua, nicknamed the Sly Fox. He volunteered to lead them along a supposedly safe forest path. Duncan reassured the girls, although he himself was beginning to worry: were they really lost? Fortunately, in the evening the travelers met Hawkeye - this name was already firmly attached to St. John's Wort - and not alone, but with Chingachgook and Uncas. An Indian lost in the forest during the day?! Hawkeye I was much more wary than Duncan. He invites the major to grab the guide, but the Indian manages to slip away. Now no one doubts the betrayal of the Magua Indian. With the help of Chingachgook and his son Uncas, Hawkeye ferries travelers to a small rocky island. Continuing the modest dinner, “Uncas renders all the services in his power to Cora and Alice.” It’s noticeable that he pays more attention to Cora than to her sister. However, the danger has not yet passed. Attracted by the loud wheezing of horses frightened by wolves, the Indians find their shelter. Shootout, then hand-to-hand combat. The first onslaught of the Hurons was repulsed, but the besieged ran out of ammunition. Salvation is only in flight - unbearable, alas, for girls. It is necessary to sail at night, along a rapid and cold mountain river. Cora persuades Hawkeye to run away with Chingachgook and bring help as soon as possible. She takes longer than other hunters to convince Uncas: the Major and sisters end up in the hands of Magua and his friends. The kidnappers and captives stop on a hill to rest. The cunning Fox reveals to Kora the purpose of the kidnapping. It turns out that her father, Colonel Munro, once cruelly insulted him, ordering him to be whipped for drunkenness. And now, in revenge, he will marry his daughter. Cora indignantly refuses. And then Magua decides to brutally deal with the prisoners. The sisters and the major are tied to trees, and brushwood for the fire is laid out nearby. The Indian persuades Cora to agree, at least to take pity on her sister, who is very young, almost a child. But Alice, having learned about Magua’s intentions, prefers a painful death. Enraged, Magua throws his tomahawk. The hatchet pierces the tree, pinning the girl's voluminous blond hair. The major breaks free of his bonds and rushes at one of the Indians. Duncan is almost defeated, but a shot is fired and the Indian falls. Hawkeye and his friends arrived in time. After a short battle, the enemies are defeated. Magua, pretending to be dead and seizing the moment, runs again. The dangerous journeys end happily - the travelers reach the fort. Under the cover of fog, despite the French besieging the fort, they manage to get inside. The father finally saw his daughters, but the joy of the meeting was overshadowed by the fact that the defenders of the fort were forced to surrender, however, on conditions that were honorable for the British: the vanquished retained their banners, weapons and could freely retreat to their own. At dawn, burdened with the wounded, as well as children and women, the garrison leaves the fort. Nearby, in a narrow wooded gorge, the Indians attack the convoy. Magua kidnaps Alice and Cora again. On the third day after this tragedy, Colonel Munro, together with Major Duncan, Hawkeye, Chingachgook and Uncas, inspect the scene of the massacre. Based on barely noticeable traces, Uncas concludes: the girls are alive - they are in captivity. Moreover, continuing the inspection, the Mohican reveals the name of their kidnapper - Magua! After consulting, the friends set off on an extremely dangerous journey: to the homeland of the Sly Fox, to areas inhabited mainly by Hurons. With adventures, losing and finding traces again, the pursuers finally find themselves near the Huron village. Here they meet the psalmist David, who, taking advantage of his reputation for being weak-minded, voluntarily followed the girls. From David, the colonel learns about the situation of his daughters: he kept Alice Magua with him, and sent Cora to the Delawares living next door, on the lands of the Hurons. Duncan, in love with Alice, wants to penetrate the village at any cost. Pretending to be a fool, changing his appearance with the help of Hawkeye and Chingachgook, he goes on reconnaissance. In the Huron camp, he pretends to be a French doctor, and he, like David, is allowed by the Hurons to go everywhere. To Duncan's horror, the captive Uncas is brought to the village. At first, the Hurons take him for an ordinary prisoner, but Magua appears and recognizes Swift Deer. The hated name arouses such anger among the Hurons that, if not for the Cunning Fox, the young man would have been torn to pieces on the spot. Magua convinces his fellow tribesmen to postpone the execution until the morning. Uncas is taken to a separate hut. The father of a sick Indian woman turns to the doctor Duncan for help. He goes to the cave where the sick woman lies, accompanied by the girl’s father and a tame bear. Duncan asks everyone to leave the cave. The Indians obey the “doctor”’s demands and leave, leaving the bear in the cave. The bear is transformed - Hawkeye is hiding under the animal skin! With the help of a hunter, Duncan discovers Alice hidden in a cave - but then Magua appears. The sly Fox triumphs. But not for long. The “bear” grabs the Indian and squeezes him in an iron embrace, the major ties the villain’s hands. But from the excitement she has experienced, Alice cannot take a single step. The girl is wrapped in Indian clothes, and Duncan - accompanied by a “bear” - carries her outside. Otiu, a sick self-proclaimed “doctor”, referring to the power of the Evil Spirit, orders him to stay and guard the exit from the cave. The trick succeeds - the fugitives safely reach the forest. At the edge of the forest, Hawkeye shows Duncan the path leading to the Delawares and returns to free Uncas. With the help of David, he deceives the warriors guarding the Swift-Footed Deer and hides with the Mohican in the forest. The enraged Magua, who is found in a cave and freed from his bonds, calls on his fellow tribesmen to take revenge. The next morning, at the head of a strong military detachment, the Sly Fox goes to the Delawares. Having hidden the detachment in the forest, Magua enters the village. He appeals to the Delaware leaders, demanding the surrender of the captives. The leaders, deceived by the eloquence of the Sly Fox, agreed, but after Cora’s intervention it turns out that in reality only she is the captive of Magua - all the others freed themselves. Colonel Munro offers a rich ransom for Cora, but the Indian refuses. Uncas, who unexpectedly became the supreme leader, is forced to release Magua along with the captive. In parting, the Sly Fox is warned: after enough time has passed for them to escape, the Delawares will set foot on the warpath. Soon military operations, thanks to the skillful leadership of Uncas, bring the Delawares a decisive victory. The Hurons are defeated. Magua, having captured Cora, flees. Swift-footed Deer pursues the enemy. Realizing that they cannot escape, the last of the surviving companions of the Sly Fox raises a knife over Cora. Uncas, seeing that he might not make it in time, throws himself from a cliff between the girl and the Indian, but falls and loses consciousness. Huron kills Cora. The fleet-footed Deer manages to defeat the killer, but Magua, seizing the moment, thrusts a knife into the young man’s back and takes off running. A shot sounds - Hawkeye settles with the villain. Orphaned people, orphaned fathers, a solemn farewell. The Delawares have just lost a new leader - the last of the Mohicans (Sagamore), but one leader will be replaced by another; the colonel is survived by his youngest daughter; Chingachgook lost everything. And only Hawkeye, turning to the Great Serpent, finds words of consolation: “No, sagamore, you are not alone! We may be different in skin color, but we are destined to follow the same path. I have no relatives and I can say, like you, I don’t have my own people.”

The novel tells about the war of 1757 between England and France for the possession of the American colonies. Both sides used Indian tribes who were at enmity with each other.

Major Duncan was assigned to a fort besieged by the French, under the command of Colonel Monroe. He is going to go there with the colonel's daughters Cora and Alice. The Indian Magua, nicknamed the Sly Fox, is appointed as a guide for them.

At dawn, Major Duncan and his sisters, accompanied by a small detachment of soldiers, set off. The Indian Magua leads travelers along a road that runs through a dense forest. The girls are very tired and ask to stop.

Sly Fox leads the squad straight into an ambush by the Indians. A fierce battle ensues between the soldiers and the Hurons. The Indians are about to win!

The Indian Chingachgook was hunting nearby with his son Uncas and adopted son Hawkeye. Hearing the gunfire, they rush to help. After a short fight, the surviving Hurons fled. Magua also managed to escape.

Hawkeye volunteered to accompany Duncan and his sisters to the fort. Fearing persecution by the Hurons, the travelers hid in a dense thicket, near an Indian cemetery. Mutual feelings flared up between Cora and Hawkeye.

Having rested, the travelers set off on their journey. Ahead they saw a burnt village of settlers. All residents were killed. The detachment moved on.

The walls of the fort appeared in the distance. The French continuously fired cannons at them.

After waiting until dark, Hawkeye and his father and brother transported Major Duncan and his sisters along the river in boats to the fort. Colonel Monroe was delighted to see his daughters, but said that it was dangerous to remain in the fort. The French army was much stronger.

Hawkeye reported that the traitor Magua did not hand over the colonel's letter asking him to send reinforcements. Therefore, there is nowhere to wait for help.

The French invited the British to surrender. In return, they promised to save everyone’s lives, as well as banners and weapons. Colonel Monroe accepts the terms of surrender and promises to leave the fort in the morning.

Magua is unhappy with the French decision. Once upon a time, the British destroyed his settlement and killed his children. And the Indian himself was captured. He considered Colonel Monroe to be to blame for this. Magua swore revenge on the colonel and killed his daughters.

In the morning, the English troops, along with all the inhabitants, left the fort. Hawkeye walks among them, his hands tied.

When the British entered the forest, they were attacked by a large detachment of Hurons, under the command of Magua. A fierce battle ensued.

Cora and Alice jumped off their horses and began to run, but ended up in the hands of the Indians.

Magua found Colonel Monroe and, before killing him, said that he would brutally deal with his daughters.

Freed from their bonds, Hawkeye, along with Chingachgook and Unkan, rushed to look for the girls. Quickly attacking the Huron Indians, they freed the sisters and ran to the river. Major Duncan joined them.

They found two Indian boats on the shore, jumped into them and began to quickly move away from the shore.

To deceive the Hurons, they threw the boats into the waterfall and hid in the grotto. Hawkeye informs Cora of their father's death. The girl, in despair, asks not to tell Alice about this.

The Hurons have discovered the fugitives' hiding place and are getting closer. Hawkeye and his father and brother decide to escape in order to later free their sisters. Otherwise everyone will die. They jump into the waterfall and swim ashore.

The Hurons bond over Major Duncan and the sisters. The squad goes along a mountain path to their settlement. Chingachgook and his sons secretly follow them. Magua brings his people to the leader for the Council, and says that the sisters must be burned at the stake. Such revenge will calm his heart. But then Hawkeye appears and offers to burn him instead of his sisters.

The leader orders Major Duncan to be burned at the stake. For the Magua family to continue, Alice must become his wife. And let Hawkeye and Cora leave.

Magua leads his squad along a mountain path. Uncas tries to free the girl, but dies from a Huron knife and falls into the abyss. Alice decides: rather than be the wife of a murderer, it is better to die and follows Unkan. Everyone saw Chingachgook and his adopted son, Hawkeye. They furiously attack the Hurons and brutally deal with Magua.

Hawkeye, his father and Cora go to the mountains.

What kind of life awaits them? After all, Chingachgook was the last of the Mohicans left!

Reader's diary.

The Last of the Mohicans, or the Narrative of 1757

Fortunately, in the evening the travelers met Hawkeye - this name was already firmly attached to St. John's Wort - and not alone, but with Chingachgook and Uncas. An Indian lost in the forest during the day?! Hawkeye was much more wary than Duncan. He invites the major to grab the guide, but the Indian manages to slip away. Now no one doubts the betrayal of the Magua Indian. With the help of Chingachgook and his son Uncas, Hawkeye ferries travelers to a small rocky island.

Continuing the modest dinner, “Uncas renders all the services in his power to Cora and Alice.” It’s noticeable that he pays more attention to Cora than to her sister. However, the danger has not yet passed. Attracted by the loud wheezing of horses frightened by wolves, the Indians find their shelter. Shootout, then hand-to-hand combat. The first onslaught of the Hurons was repulsed, but the besieged ran out of ammunition. Salvation is only in flight - unbearable, alas, for girls. It is necessary to sail at night, along a rapid and cold mountain river. Cora persuades Hawkeye to run away with Chingachgook and bring help as soon as possible. She takes longer than other hunters to convince Uncas: the Major and sisters end up in the hands of Magua and his friends.

The kidnappers and captives stop on a hill to rest. The cunning Fox reveals to Kora the purpose of the kidnapping. It turns out that her father, Colonel Munro, once cruelly insulted him, ordering him to be whipped for drunkenness. And now, in revenge, he will marry his daughter. Cora indignantly refuses. And then Magua decides to brutally deal with the prisoners. The sisters and the major are tied to trees, and brushwood for the fire is laid out nearby. The Indian persuades Cora to agree, at least to take pity on her sister, who is very young, almost a child. But Alice, having learned about Magua’s intentions, prefers a painful death.

Enraged, Magua throws his tomahawk. The hatchet pierces the tree, pinning the girl's voluminous blond hair. The major breaks free of his bonds and rushes at one of the Indians. Duncan is almost defeated, but a shot is fired and the Indian falls. Hawkeye and his friends arrived in time. After a short battle, the enemies are defeated. Magua, pretending to be dead and seizing the moment, runs again.

The dangerous journeys end happily - the travelers reach the fort. Under the cover of fog, despite the French besieging the fort, they manage to get inside. The father finally saw his daughters, but the joy of the meeting was overshadowed by the fact that the defenders of the fort were forced to surrender, however, on conditions that were honorable for the British: the vanquished retained their banners, weapons and could freely retreat to their own.

At dawn, burdened with the wounded, as well as children and women, the garrison leaves the fort. Nearby, in a narrow wooded gorge, the Indians attack the convoy. Magua kidnaps Alice and Cora again.

On the third day after this tragedy, Colonel Munro, together with Major Duncan, Hawkeye, Chingachgook and Uncas, inspect the scene of the massacre. Based on barely noticeable traces, Uncas concludes: the girls are alive - they are in captivity. Moreover, continuing the inspection, the Mohican reveals the name of their kidnapper - Magua! After consulting, the friends set off on an extremely dangerous journey: to the homeland of the Sly Fox, to areas inhabited mainly by Hurons. With adventures, losing and finding traces again, the pursuers finally find themselves near the Huron village.

Here they meet the psalmist David, who, taking advantage of his reputation for being weak-minded, voluntarily followed the girls. From David, the colonel learns about the situation of his daughters: he kept Alice Magua with him, and sent Cora to the Delawares living next door, on the lands of the Hurons. Duncan, in love with Alice, wants to penetrate the village at any cost. Pretending to be a fool, changing his appearance with the help of Hawkeye and Chingachgook, he goes on reconnaissance. In the Huron camp, he pretends to be a French doctor, and he, like David, is allowed by the Hurons to go everywhere. To Duncan's horror, the captive Uncas is brought to the village. At first, the Hurons take him for an ordinary prisoner, but Magua appears and recognizes Swift Deer. The hated name arouses such anger among the Hurons that, if not for the Cunning Fox, the young man would have been torn to pieces on the spot. Magua convinces his fellow tribesmen to postpone the execution until the morning. Uncas is taken to a separate hut. The father of a sick Indian woman turns to the doctor Duncan for help. He goes to the cave where the sick woman lies, accompanied by the girl’s father and a tame bear. Duncan asks everyone to leave the cave. The Indians obey the “doctor”’s demands and leave, leaving the bear in the cave. The bear is transformed - Hawkeye is hiding under the animal skin! With the help of a hunter, Duncan discovers Alice hidden in a cave - but then Magua appears. The sly Fox triumphs. But not for long.

The “bear” grabs the Indian and squeezes him in an iron embrace, the major ties the villain’s hands. But from the excitement she has experienced, Alice cannot take a single step. The girl is wrapped in Indian clothes, and Duncan - accompanied by the "bear" - carries her outside. Otiu, a sick self-proclaimed “doctor”, referring to the power of the Evil Spirit, orders him to stay and guard the exit from the cave. The trick succeeds - the fugitives safely reach the forest. At the edge of the forest, Hawkeye shows Duncan the path leading to the Delawares and returns to free Uncas. With the help of David, he deceives the warriors guarding the Swift-Footed Deer and hides with the Mohican in the forest. The enraged Magua, who is found in a cave and freed from his bonds, calls on his fellow tribesmen to take revenge.

The next morning, at the head of a strong military detachment, the Sly Fox goes to the Delawares. Having hidden the detachment in the forest, Magua enters the village. He appeals to the Delaware leaders, demanding the surrender of the captives. The leaders, deceived by the eloquence of the Sly Fox, agreed, but after Cora’s intervention it turns out that in reality only she is the captive of Magua - all the others freed themselves. Colonel Munro offers a rich ransom for Cora, but the Indian refuses. Uncas, who unexpectedly became the supreme leader, is forced to release Magua along with the captive. In parting, the Sly Fox is warned: after enough time has passed for them to escape, the Delawares will set foot on the warpath.

Soon military operations, thanks to the skillful leadership of Uncas, bring the Delawares a decisive victory. The Hurons are defeated. Magua, having captured Cora, flees. Swift-footed Deer pursues the enemy. Realizing that they cannot escape, the last of the surviving companions of the Sly Fox raises a knife over Cora. Uncas, seeing that he might not make it in time, throws himself from a cliff between the girl and the Indian, but falls and loses consciousness. Huron kills Cora. The fleet-footed Deer manages to defeat the killer, but Magua, seizing the moment, thrusts a knife into the young man’s back and takes off running. A shot sounds - Hawkeye settles with the villain.

Orphaned people, orphaned fathers, a solemn farewell. The Delawares have just lost a new leader - the last of the Mohicans (Sagamore), but one leader will be replaced by another; the colonel is survived by his youngest daughter; Chingachgook lost everything. And only Hawkeye, turning to the Great Serpent, finds words of consolation: “No, sagamore, you are not alone! We may be different in skin color, but we are destined to follow the same path. I have no relatives and I can say like you, there is no people of your own."

"The Last of the Mohicans"- historical novel James Fenimore Cooper

"The Last of the Mohicans" summary

The novel takes place in british colony New York in August 1757, at the height of the French and Indian War. Part of the novel is devoted to the events after the attack on Fort William Henry, when, with the tacit consent of the French, their Indian allies slaughtered several hundred surrendered English soldiers and settlers. Hunter and tracker Natty Bumppo, introduced to the reader in the first (in order of action) novel “The St. John's Wort,” together with his Indian friends from the Mohican tribe - Chingachgook and his son Uncas - participate in the rescue of two sisters, daughters of the British commander.

During this turbulent time, Colonel Munro's daughters, Cora and Alice, decided to visit their parent in the besieged English fort William Henry, which was located on Lake Lane George in the province of New York. To shorten the path, the girls, accompanied by Major Duncan Hayward and an absent-minded music teacher, separated from the military detachment and turned onto a secret forest path. The Indian speedster Magua, nicknamed the Sly Fox, volunteered to show her. Magua, from the allied Mohawk tribe, assured travelers that along the forest path they would reach the fort in a few hours, while along the main road they would have a grueling journey of a day.

Cora and Alice look with suspicion at the silent guide, who only casts abrupt glances from under his brows and peers into the thick of the forest. Hayward is also haunted by doubts, but the appearance of an awkward music teacher who hurries to William Henry defuses the situation. Accompanied by girlish laughter and songs, the small detachment turns onto the fateful forest path.

Meanwhile, on the banks of a fast-water forest stream, the white-skinned hunter Nathaniel Bumpo, nicknamed Hawkeye, was having a leisurely conversation with his friend, the Indian Chingachgook, the Great Snake. The savage's body was covered with black and white paint, which gave him an eerily similar resemblance to a skeleton. His smoothly shaved head was adorned with a single tail of hair with a large feather. Chingachgook told the hunter the history of his people from the bright times when his forefathers lived in peace and prosperity, and until the dark hour when they were driven out by pale-faced people. Now there is no trace left of the former greatness of the Mohicans. They are forced to hide in forest caves and wage a miserable struggle for survival.

Soon the young Indian Uncas, nicknamed Swift-footed Deer, the son of Chingachgook, joins his friends. The trio goes hunting, but the planned meal is interrupted by the clatter of horse hooves. Bumpo does not recognize him among the forest sounds, but the wise Chingachgook immediately falls to the ground and reports that several horsemen are riding. These are people of the white race.

A small company actually appears at the river: a military man, a gangly man on an old nag, two charming young ladies and an Indian. These are Colonel Munro's daughters and their entourage. The travelers are quite worried - it won’t be long before sunset, and the end of the forest is not in sight. It seems their guide has lost his way.

Hawkeye immediately questions Magua's honesty. At this time of year, when the rivers and lakes are full of water, when the moss on every stone and tree tells about the future location of the star, the Indian simply cannot get lost in the forest. Who is your guide? Hayward reports that Magua is a mohox. More precisely, a Huron adopted by the Mohox tribe. “Huron? - exclaims the hunter and his red-skinned companions, - This is a treacherous, thieving tribe. A Huron will remain a Huron, no matter who takes him in... He will always be a coward and a tramp... You just have to be surprised that he hasn’t made you stumble across a whole gang yet.”

Hawkeye is about to immediately shoot the lying Huron, but Hayward stops him. He wants to personally capture the walker in a more humane way. His plan fails. The cunning Fox manages to hide in the forest thicket. Now travelers need to get away from the dangerous path as quickly as possible. The traitor will most likely bring upon them a warlike band of Iroquois, from whom there is no escape.

Hawkeye leads the young ladies and their escorts to a rocky island - one of the secret hideouts of the Mohicans. Here the company plans to stay overnight and leave for William Henry in the morning.

The beauty of young blonde Alice and older dark-haired Cora does not go unnoticed. Young Uncas is most fascinated. He literally doesn’t leave Cora’s side, showing the girl various signs of attention.

However, the exhausted travelers were not destined to rest in the stone shelter. Ambush! The Iroquois, led by the Sly Fox, still managed to track down the fugitives. Hawkeye, Chingachgook and Uncas are forced to race for help while the Munro daughters are captured.

Cora and Alice are now in the hands of the Sly Fox. It turns out that in this way the Indian is trying to settle personal scores with Colonel Munro. Many years ago he ordered Magua to be flogged for drunkenness. He harbored a grudge and waited for a long time for the right time to pay back. Finally, the hour has come. He wants to marry the eldest Cora, but receives a decisive refusal. Then the enraged Magua will burn his captives alive. When the fire has already been laid out, Hawkeye arrives with help. The Hurons are defeated, Magua is shot, the beautiful captives are freed and go with their companions to the fort to see their father.

At this time, the French occupy William Henry. The British, including Colonel Munro and his daughters, were forced to leave the fortification. On the way, the convoys are overtaken by a warlike tribe from Magua. It turns out that the Indian only pretended to be dead in a fight on a stone island. He kidnaps Cora and Alice again. The Sly Fox sends the first to the Delawares, and takes the second with her to the lands of the Hurons.

Hayward, in love with Alice, rushes to save the honor of the captive, and Uncas rushes to rescue his beloved Cora. With the help of a cunning plan in which Hawkeye takes part, the major steals Alice from the tribe. Swift-Footed Deer, unfortunately, fails to save Cora. The cunning Fox is once again one step ahead.

Uncas, at this point already the supreme leader of the Delawares, follows on the heels of the kidnapper. The Delawares, who had buried their tomahawks many years ago, were once again on the warpath. In a decisive battle they defeat the Hurons. Realizing that the outcome of the battle is a foregone conclusion, Magua takes out a dagger, intending to stab Cora. Uncas rushes to the defense of his beloved, but is a few moments late. The Fox's treacherous blade pierces Uncas and Cora. The villain does not triumph for long - he is immediately overtaken by Hawkeye's bullet.

Young Cora and Uncas, the Swift-Footed Deer, are buried. Chingachgook is inconsolable. He was left alone, an orphan in this world, the last of the Mohicans. But no! The Great Serpent is not alone. He has a faithful comrade who stands next to him at this bitter moment. Let his companion have a different skin color, a different homeland, culture, and lullabies were sung to him in a foreign, incomprehensible language. But he will be nearby, no matter what happens, because he is also an orphan, lost in the border zone of the Old and New Worlds. And his name is Nathaniel Bumppo, and his nickname is Hawkeye.

The Last of the Mohicans, or the Narrative of 1757 Roman (1826)

In the wars between the British and French for the possession of American lands (1755-1763), opponents more than once took advantage of the feuds of Indian tribes. The times were difficult and cruel. Dangers lurked at every step. And it is not surprising that the girls, who were traveling, accompanied by Major Duncan Hayward, to the commander of the besieged fort’s father, were worried. Alice and Cora - that was the name of the sisters - were especially worried about the Indian Magua, nicknamed the Sly Fox. He volunteered to lead them along a supposedly safe forest path. Duncan reassured the girls, although he himself was beginning to worry: were they really lost? Fortunately, in the evening the travelers met Hawkeye - this name was already firmly attached to St. John's Wort - and not just one, but with Chingachgook and Uncas. An Indian lost in the forest during the day?! Hawkeye was much more wary than Duncan. He invites the major to grab the guide, but the Indian manages to slip away. Now no one doubts the betrayal of the Magua Indian. With the help of Chingachgook and his son Uncas, Hawkeye ferries travelers to a small rocky island.

During the modest dinner, Uncas "provides Cora and Alice with all the services that were in his power."

It’s noticeable that he pays more attention to Cora than to her sister. However, the danger has not yet passed. Attracted by the loud snoring of horses frightened by wolves, the Indians find their shelter. A shootout ensues, then it comes to hand-to-hand combat. The first onslaught of the Hurons was repulsed, but the besieged ran out of ammunition. Salvation is only in flight. It is necessary to sail at night, along a rapid and cold mountain river. Cora persuades Hawkeye to run away with Chingachgook and bring help quickly. The major and sisters find themselves in the hands of Magua and the Indians.

And then Magua decides to brutally deal with the prisoners. The sisters and the major are tied to trees, and brushwood for the fire is laid out nearby. The Indian persuades Cora to agree, to take pity on her sister, who is very young, almost a child. But Alice, having learned about Magua’s intentions, prefers a painful death.

At dawn, burdened with the wounded, as well as children and women, the garrison leaves the fort.

Nearby, in a narrow wooded gorge, the Indians attack the convoy. Magua kidnaps Alice and Cora again.

The hated name arouses such anger among the Hurons that, if not for the Cunning Fox, the young man would have been torn to pieces on the spot. Magua convinces his fellow tribesmen to postpone the execution until the morning. Uncas is taken to a separate hut. The father of a sick Indian woman turns to the doctor Duncan for help. He goes to the cave where the sick woman lies, accompanied by the girl’s father and a tame bear. Duncan asks everyone to leave the cave. The Indians obey the “doctor”’s demands and leave, leaving the bear in the cave. The bear is transformed - Hawkeye is hiding under the animal skin! The trick succeeds - the fugitives safely reach the forest. At the edge of the forest, Hawkeye shows Duncan the path leading to the Delawares and returns to free Uncas. With the help of David, he deceives the warriors guarding the Swift-Footed Deer and hides with the Mohican in the forest. The enraged Magua, who is found in a cave and freed from his bonds, calls on his fellow tribesmen to take revenge.

The next morning, at the head of a strong military detachment, the Sly Fox goes to the Delawares. Having hidden the detachment in the forest, Magua enters the village. He appeals to the Delaware leaders, demanding the surrender of the captives. Deceived by the eloquence of the Sly Fox, the leaders agreed, but after Cora’s intervention it turns out that in reality she is the only captive of Magua - all the others freed themselves. Colonel Munro offers a rich ransom for Cora, but the Indian refuses. Uncas, who unexpectedly became the supreme leader, is forced to release Magua along with the captive.

In parting, the Sly Fox is warned: after enough time has passed for them to escape, the Delawares will set foot on the warpath.

Realizing that they cannot escape, the last of the surviving companions of the Sly Fox raises a knife over Cora. Uncas, seeing that he might not make it in time, throws himself from the cliff between the girl and the Indian, but, stunned by the fall, loses consciousness. Huron kills Cora. The fleet-footed Deer manages to defeat the killer, but Magua, seizing the moment, thrusts a knife into the young man’s back and takes off running. A shot sounds - Hawkeye settles with the villain.

Orphaned people, orphaned fathers, a solemn farewell. The Delawares had just lost the leader they had found - the last of the Mohicans (Sagamore); but one leader will be replaced by another; the colonel is survived by his youngest daughter; Chingachgook lost everything. And only Hawkeye, turning to the Great Serpent, finds words of consolation: “No, sagamore, you are not alone! We may be different in skin color, but we are destined to follow the same path. I have no relatives, and I can say , like you, there is no people of your own."

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The Last of the Mohicans, or the story of 1757 Novel (1826) In the wars between the British and French for the possession of American lands (1755-1763), opponents more than once used the feuds of Indian tribes. The time was difficult, cruel