Last of the Mohicans Set in upstate New York in colonial times, this is a story of a colonial scout Hawkeye, nee Natty Bumppo, who, with his two Indian companions Chingachgook (the Big Snake) and his son Uncas (who was newly come to manhood), stumble on a party of British soldiers who were bringing two fair maidens to their father, the commander of British Fort William Henry during the French and Indian War. Under the …showed first 75 words of 678 total…

…showed last 75 words of 678 total…descendant, the Delaware Mohicans. Nobly born into the finest of Mohican bloodlines, Uncas faces his final trial with heroic energy and resolve in order to defeat the nefarious and twisted Magua. Yet this struggle is also the final footnote in the story of a people, marking the closing chapter for all those Indians who, with the Mohicans, have seen, in Cooper's own words, the morning of their nation and the inevitable nightfall which must follow.