A Note About the Author A Note About This Story

Place: Lake Horican on the Hudson River. The author

James Fenimore Cooper was
gave this name to Lake George. (Look at the map.) It
born in New Jersey, North
is in the east of North America. Today, the area is
America on 15th September
called New York State. At the time of this story, North
1789. His family lived on a
America was not independent. North America became
farm in Cooperstown, in the
north of New York State. independent from Europe in 1787.
Time: 1757. Armies from England and France are
Cooper had five brothers
and seven sisters. He went to fighting in North America. Both countries want the
land.
school at Yale. But he did not
behave well and he had to
The Indian people had lived in the land for thousands
leave. In 1805, Cooper became a sailor. He was in the
of years. They got their food from the land. They
US Navy until 1810. In 1811 Cooper's father died.
caught fish in the rivers and lakes. They hunted deer,
Cooper married Susan De Lancey and they lived on
bears and birds in the forests. They ate the meat from
the farm. From 1812 to 1821 Cooper worked very
these animals. They made clothes from the animals'
hard. But he was poor. He gave a lot of money to his skins.
brothers and sisters. In 1820, he started to write stories.
There were many different Indian tribes, or families.
Cooper's adventure stories were about life in the forests These are so me of the tribes who lived near the
and the wild lands of North America.
Hudson River:
The Last of the Mohicans was Cooper's most popular
Mohawks 'mguhJ:ks Oelawares 'delgwegz
story. Many people liked the adventures of Hawk~eye.
Lenni~Lenape leni 'lena:peI Hurons 'hugronz
Cooper became rich and he travelled to Europe.
Oneidas D'nmdres Mengwe 'meI)gweI
Cooper wrote five stories about Hawk~eye: The
Senecas 'senelkres Iroquois 'IrgkwJI
Pioneers (1823), The Last of the Mohicans (1826), The
Mohicans mg'hi:kgnz Mingoes 'mlI)gguz
Pathfinder(1840) and The Oeerslayer (1841). He also
In 1607, English people came to North America. In
wrote The Spy (1821), The Pilot (1823) and The Prairie
1608, French people came. They hunted the animals.
(1827). James Fenimore Cooper died on 14th
September 1851.
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They took the soft animals' skins to Europe. The People in This Story
Soon more and more Europeans carne. They wanted
the Indians' land. The kings of France and England
sent soldiers to North America. The soldiers built
strong forts to live in. The soldiers brought guns. The
Indians fought for the armies from England and
France. In this story, the Hurons are fighting for the Cora Munro Atice Munro
French. The Mohawks are fighting for the English. ,b:r.} mm'r.}4 'rehs myn'r.}4

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The Two Sisters

It was the year 1757. The place was the dangerous and
wild land, west of the Hudson River. It was the third
year of the war in N orth America. The war was
between England and France. Each country wanted the
land for itself.
Indian tribes had always lived in that land. In the
war, some tribes were fighting for the French. Other
tribes were fighting for the English.

Fort Edward was on the Hudson River. General Webb

was the commander of the English army at Fort
Edward. He was waiting for news of General
Montcalm. Montcalm was the commander of the
French army.
The news carne one morning. An Indian called
Magua arrived.
'Montcalm and the French army are coming
towards Fort William Henry,' Magua told General
Webb.
Fort William Henry was fifteen miles away. It was at
the south end of Lake Horican.
'How many men has Montcalm got!' asked Webb.
'As many as the leaves on the trees,' said Magua.
'General Munro wants more soldiers at Fort William
Henry. '

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 '1 will send fifteen hundred men,' said General Then he said, 'But 1 don't remember all the story.'
Webb. Duncan knew more about Magua. But he did not
General Munro was the commander of the English tell Cora and Alice. He did not say, 'A few years ago,
army at Fart William Henry. He had two daughters - your father's men beat Magua. Now Magua hates your
Cora and Alice. Cora was ab~ut twenty-three years old father.' Duncan did not want to frighten the young
and Alice was eighteen. Cara had dark hair and a women.
beautiful face. Alice had fair hair and blue eyes. So they followed Magua through the forest.
These two young women were at Fart Edward. But '~~
they were going to travel to Fort William Henry. They
were going to meet their father.
General Webb spoke to Cara and Alice.
'Magua knows a secret path through the forest,' said
General Webb. 'He will be your guide. Magua and
Majar Duncan Heyward will take you to Fart William
Henry. '
Major Duncan Heyward was a young English officer.
He and the two young women left Fort Edward. They
rode on harses. Magua walked in front of them. Alice
watched Magua.
'1 don't like him, Cora,' she said. 'What do you
think? Will we be safe in the forest with Magua?'
'We must trust Magua,' said Cora.
'The French know our soldiers' paths,' said Duncan.
'But Magua's path is secret.' He smiled at Alice, and
she smiled at him. Duncan Heyward was in love with
Alice.
'Magua is a Huron,' said Duncan. 'But he lived with
the Mohawks. The Mohawks are friends of the English.
Magua carne to uso Your father-' Duncan stopped.

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Lost in the Forest
A few miles west of Fort Edward, three men were sit~
ting near a river. Two of the men were 1ndians. The
other man was a white mano Chingachgook and his
son, Uncas, were Mohicans. The white man was a
scout called Hawk~eye. Hawk~eye had a long hunting~
gun.
The three men were talking.
'My tribe is the oldest 1ndian tribe,' Chingachgook
said. 'The blood of the Mohican chiefs is in me. Many
summers ago, my tribe carne here to the land of the
Delawares.'
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'Where are the Mohicans now?' asked Hawk~eye.
'Where are the flowers of those summers!' said
Chingachgook. 'Gone. All dead. After my death,
Uncas will be the last of the Mohicans.'
Suddenly, they heard a noise. They turned quickly.
Hawk~eye lifted his gun. 'Who is it!' he said.
Duncan Heyward rode out of the forest. Cora and
Alice followed him.
'1 am an English officer,' Duncan said. 'We have
come from Fort Edward. How far is it to Fort William
Henry!'
Hawk~eye laughed. 'Fort William Henry! You are
going the wrong way,' he said. 'You are near Glenn's
Falls.'
'The wrong way!' said Duncan. 'Then we are lost.
But our 1ndian guide-'
'You have an 1ndian guide but you are lost in the
forest!' said Hawk~eye. 'That is very strange. ls he a
Delaware !'
'He is called Magua. He is a Huron,' said Duncan.
'But he lives with the Mohawks, and he is a guide for
the Eng-'
'A Huron!' said Hawk~eye quickly. 'You can trust a
Mohican or a Delaware. Bu{ you cannot trust a Huron!
Your guide will lead you to his friends. They will kill
you. Let me see him.'
Magua was standing behind Cora's horse. Hawk~eye
looked at him. Then he went and spoke to
Chingachgook and Uncas.
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 Magua moved quickly. He ran into the forest.
Hawk~eye, Chingachgook and Uncas ran after him.
But Magua escaped.
Duncan and Hawk~eye spoke to Cora and Alice.
The sisters got off their harses. The Mohicans took the
animals away.
'They will hide the horses until the morning,' said
Hawk~eye. He pulled a canoe from the tall grass at the
side of the river. 'Get into the canoe,' he said. 'We will
go to a cave and we will stay there tonight.'
Duncan, Cara and Atice got into the canoe. Hawk~
eye pushed the cano e to the middle of the river. Then
he got into the canoe. He started to paddle along the
river. Soon tlley heard the sound of a great waterfall in
front of them - Glenn's Falls.
A few minutes later, they saw the waterfall.

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 3 Suddenly they heard the wild cries of the Hurons
again. Four lndians ran a~ross the flat rock towards the
The Fight at Glenn's Falls cave. Chingachgook and Uncas fired their guns. The
first two Hurons fell to the ground. The third Huron
Hawk~eye woke Duncan early the next morning. jumped on Hawk~eye. Each man had a knife. But
'We must go,' he said. '1 will get the canoe. Wake Hawk~eye was stronger than the Huron. He killed the
Miss Cora and Miss Alice. But do not make any noise.' Huron with his knife.
Duncan went to the back of the cave. 'Cara. Alice,'
he said quietIy. 'Wake up.'
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came from the forest. There were many Indians on the
other side of the river.
'Hurons!' thought Duncan.
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Cora and Miss Alice must stay here in the cave. We Huron. Then Uncas and Duncan ran back to the
rocks.
will go to the rocks and wait for the Hurons.'
The Hurons on the other side of the river started to
Duncan, Hawk~eye, Uncas and Chingachgook sat with shoot again. And Chingachgook shot at them.
The shooting went on and on. Rocks and trees near
their guns. They sat behind some rocks near the water~
falI. They waited. Minutes passed. Then an hour the cave were broken in a hundred places. But Hawk~
eye and his friends were not hurt. And Cora and Alice
passed.
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were safe in the cave. Duncan, Hawk-eye and the two Mohicans went
back to the cave.
Hawk-eye saw a Huron in a tree on the other side of
the river. The scout lifted his long gun and fired. There 'What can we do now!' asked Duncan.

was a cry and the Indian fell from the tree.
'1 have no more bullets,' said Hawk-eye. 'Uncas! Go
to the canoe. There are some bullets in the canoe.'
Uncas ran quickly across the flat rack. But he was
too late. A Huron was pushing the canoe acrass the
river!
Hawk-eye thought for a few minutes. 'There will be
guards on the paths,' he said. 'The Hurans will watch
every path. We must swim. We must jump into the
river. The rushing water will take us past the Hurans.'
The scout looked at Cora and Alice.
'We cannot swim,' said Cora. 'Alice and 1 will stay
here. Go to General Munro at Fort William Henry.
General Munro must send soldiers.'
Chingachgook, Uncas and Hawk-eye talked quietly
together. Then Chingachgook ran out of the cave and
jumped into the river. A moment later, Hawk-eye put
down his long gun and followed Chingachgook. The
rushing water took them away.

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 Cora looked at Uncas. '00 with them,' she said. Alice to the flat rack. One of the Hurons braught the
canoe.
'1 will stay,' said the young Mohican.
'No!' said Cara. 'Please, Uncas. 00 with them!' 'Oet into the canoe!' Magua said.
Uncas was unhappy. But 'he jumped into the water Duncan and the sisters got into the canoe. Magua
too. and the Hurans took them acrass the river.
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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 Oun?'
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 prisoners got out of the canoe on the other side
The Hurons were angry. They were going to kill
of the river. Magua and five Hurons stayed with them.
their prisoners. But Magua spoke to them, quickly and
The other Hurons walked away into the forest.
quietIy. Then the Hurons took Duncan, Cora and
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 4 to his men. They tied me with, rapes and they beat me!
1 will never forget!'
'1 Am a Huron Chief' 'But-' said Cora.
'Woman!' shouted Magua. He stood up quickIy.
The Hurans and their prisoners started to waIk. Magua 'You will be my wife! Your sister will go to Fort
waIked in frant of Duncan, Cara and Alice. The other William Henry. She must tell Munro everything. Then
Hurons waIked behind the prisoners. They waIked Munro will know. His daughter lives with me -
acrass a valley. Then Magua Ied them up a steep hill. Magua. '
The Iand at the top of the hill was flato Magua sat 'Never!' said Cora. '1 will not be your wife.'
down under a tree. The Hurons started to eat and Magua smiled. 'Then you will die,' he said. 'And
drink. your friends will die too.'
Magua shouted to Duncan. 'Send the dark-haired rIJW,~\ml¡~\¡~tt
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mano 1 was happy! Then a white man carne to the for-
esto He gave me brandy. The drink was bad for me. 1t
made me crazy! My people were angry. 1 had to go
away. 1 ran away and lived with the Mohawks.'
'Then the war started,' said Magua. 'The French
and the EngIish were fighting each other. The
Mohawks were fighting far the English. The Hurons
were fighting far the French. 1 was fighting my own
people.'
'Your father - Munro - was our chief. He told the
Mohawks, "Do not drink brandy!" But a white man
gave me brandy. What did Munro do? He gave orders

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 Then Magua went towards the other Hurons. He
spoke to them.
Duncan ran to Cora. 'What is wrang?' he asked.
'What did Magua say to you?'
'It is not important,' said Cara.
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 rape.
Magua stood in frant of Cora. He laughed. 'What
does Munro's daughter say now?' he said. 'Shall 1 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 Cara. '1 must go with Magua and be his
wife. Then you and Duncan willlive.'
'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 ha ir. 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 brake. 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.

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 5 friends. He led them aeross the valley and along a path
through the forest. They stopped near a small river.
Fort William Henry 'We will walk in the water,' said Hawk~eye. 'Then
Magua will not see our footprints on the ground.'
Hawk~eye ran from the forest. Chingaehgook and They walked in the river for an hour. Then they
Uneas followed him. There was a fight. Hawk~eye, eame to some mountains.
Uneas and Dunean killed four Hurons. Chingaehgook 'Walk quietly now!' said Hawk~eye. 'There. are
Freneh soldiers here.'
jumped on Magua. The Mohiean stabbed Magua with
his knife. Magua fell to the ground. They walked to the top of a mountain and looked
Hawk-eye and Dunean went and helped the two down. There was Lake Horiean! And there was Fort
women. But Magua was not dead. He got up and ran William. Henry! Smoke eame from fires in the forest.
away. Chingaehgook and Uneas ran after him.
'Stop!' shouted Hawk~eye. 'You eannot eateh him.'
'Hawk~eye, how did you find us?' Dunean asked.
'We waited at the side of the river,' said Hawk~eye.
'We saw the Hurons take you aeross the river. Then we
followed you.'
'You saved my life,' said Dunean.
Hawk~eye smiled. '1 found a Huron's gun,' he said.
'The Hurons were stupid. They left their guns under
the trees.'
Hawk~eye went baek to the trees. He pieked up the
other guns. He found his own long gun.
'Now we have guns and bullets,' he said. "We will
stay here tonight. Tomorrow we will go to Fort
William Henry.'

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 'Look at the tires,' said Hawk-eye. 'There are many daughters!'
Hurons in the forest. They are fighting for the French.' 'Don't shoot, men!' said the voice of General
'And look to the west,' said Duncan. 'Look at those Munro. 'My daughters are here! Open the gates!'
tents. That is General Montcalm's campo There are The gates opened. Soldiers carne out of the fort.
thousands of French soldiers.' They took everybody inside - Duncan, the young
Suddenly they heard the sound of guns. women, Hawk-eye and the Mohicans.
'The French are shooting at Fort William Henry,' But everybody in Fort William Henry was in danger.
said Duncan. 'But we must get into the fort.'
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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!'
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