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The Last of the Mohicans

By JAMES FENIMORE COOPER Condensation by THOMAS D. CONNOLLY IN the third year of the war between France and England in North America news came to Fort Edward, where lay General Webb with five thousand men, that Montcalm was advancing on Fort William Henry, held by the veteran Scotchman, Munro. Webb, instead of going to the assistance of Munro, sent him a scant handful of men.

Munro's daughters, Cora and Alice, determined to visit their father, despite the danger. Captain Duncan Heyward, deeply in love with Alice, offered to serve as their escort. The party set out by little-frequented paths, guided by an Indian, Le Renard Subtil, or Magua, as he was known to his tribe. An eccentric singing-master, David Gamut, attached himself to the party, despite Heyward's protests.