The novel concludes with a major battle held between the Delawares (who were historically aligned with the Mohicans) and the escort team against Magua and the Hurons. Numerous disguises are used throughout the novel, including Heyward donning the costume of a French medicine man, Hawkeye wearing the skins of a bear, and Chingachgook dressing as a beaver. He believes that by forcing Cora to marry him, he will have executed his revenge. Magua repeatedly returns to challenge the team, hungry to revenge himself against Colonel Munro for whipping him at a post and for turning him into an alcoholic, which caused Magua to be cast out of Huron society and to loose his wife. From this moment on, the escort team, and eventually Munro himself, face numerous obstacles and battles. Magua is discovered to be allied with the French and manages to escape right when the team learns of his secret alliance. Almost immediately, the team is joined by David Gamut, a singing teacher, Natty Bumppo (aka Hawkeye), a British scout and frontiersman, and Hawkeye’s two Mohican friends, Chingachgook and his son Uncas. Cora and Alice Munro, the daughters of Lieutenant Colonel Munro, are escorted by Major Duncan Hayward from Fort Edward to Fort William Henry (where Munro commands) and are guided by Magua, an American Indian who leads them through a short cut without the British militia. The story is set in the year 1757 in the wilderness of upper New York. Original title page of The Last of the Mohicans Plot Summary
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