Leatherstocking

the name given to Natty Bumpo, one of the principal characters in a series of romances by James Fenimore Cooper. The stories are called the Leatherstocking Tales from this character. Natty Bumpo is called also the Pathfinder, the Deerslayer, and Hawkeye.

In The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, and The Deerslayer, figures the character of Leatherstocking, than whom no fictitious personage has a greater claim to interest. His bravery, resolution, and woodland skill make him a type of the hardy race who pushed westward the reign of civilization.--Tuckerman.