THE LAST OF T H E M O H I CA N S

BY JAMES FENIMORE COOPER

Te a c h e r s Material

C O N T E N T S

To the Teacher .................................................................................................................... 3

Before Reading ..................................................................................................................... 5 After Reading: Extra Challenges ......................................................................................... 6 After Reading: Group Work ................................................................................................. 7 Possible Answers to Group Work ....................................................................................... 8 Worksheet 1: Chapters 1-5 .................................................................................................. 9 Answers to Worksheet 1 .................................................................................................... 10 Worksheet 2: Chapters 6-11 ................................................................................................ 11 Answers to Worksheet 2 ................................................................................................... 12 Final Test ............................................................................................................................. 13 Answers to Final Test ......................................................................................................... 14 Answers to Questions in the Reader ................................................................................. 15

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TO THE TEACHER
LIST
OF

MAIN CHARACTERS

Hawkeye: a white hunter, raised by the Mohican chief, Chingachgook. Chingachgook: a Mohican chief. His name means The Great Serpent. Uncas: the son of Chingachgook, the last of his tribe to survive. He and Hawkeye were raised as brothers. Magua: a Huron Indian banished from his tribe, enslaved and eventually adopted by the Mohawks. Colonel Munro: commander of the English fort, Fort William Henry. Cora Munro: Colonel Munros elder daughter. Alice Munro: Colonel Munros younger daughter. Duncan Heyward: a young English major who is in love with Alice. David Gamut: a singing teacher who wanders from settlement to settlement.

P L O T S U M M A RY
The story is set towards the end of the French and Indian Wars which were fought between 1756 and 1763 along the border between upper New York State and Canada. The two daughters of Colonel Munro are being escorted to their father at Fort William Henry by Major Duncan Heyward. They are led along a short cut through the forest by the Indian guide, Magua, who wants to kidnap the daughters of Munro in revenge against their father. The party comes upon Hawkeye and his two Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas, in the forest. Hawkeye becomes suspicious when Duncan tells him that Magua appears to have lost the trail. Magua flees into the forest and Hawkeye and the Mohicans lead the party to a cave hidden behind a waterfall. They are discovered there by Magua and a party of Iroquois Indians. Hawkeye and the Mohicans escape, promising to follow and rescue the others, who are taken prisoner. Magua wants to keep Cora prisoner as revenge for the time when Colonel Munro had whipped him. Magua tells Cora that if she goes with him and lives in his lodge, he will free the others, but she refuses. The Iroquois prepare to burn the four prisoners. As the firewood is being stacked around their feet, Hawkeye and the Mohicans attack the Iroquois and rescue the captives. They manage to elude Magua and another band of Iroquois, as well as the French troops, and reach the gates of Fort William Henry. The two women are reunited with their father and the men join the defence of the fort. Colonel Munro is eventually forced to surrender the fort to the French commander, General Montcalm. As the three thousand troops and settlers leave the fort, they are attacked by the Iroquois and massacred. Magua captures Alice and Cora. David Gamut starts to sing. The Indians think he is possessed by spirits and therefore cannot be harmed, so he is able to follow the captives. Hawkeye, the Mohicans, Colonel Munro and Duncan Heyward survive the battle and take up the womens trail. They eventually come upon David Gamut in the forest. He is able to give them information about the villages where the two women are being held. They manage to rescue Alice and proceed to the friendly Delaware Indian village where Cora was left by Magua. Magua comes to the village to claim his prisoners and demands the death of Hawkeye and Uncas. Tamenund, the ancient leader, comes out to judge who is in the right. His decision is that Cora is still legitimately Maguas prisoner and must go with him, but the others are allowed to go free. Uncas organises a war party to rescue Cora. In the subsequent chase and battle both Cora and Uncas are killed. Magua dies when he tries to leap a crevice during his escape. Cora and Uncas are buried side by side by the Indians and Tamenund makes a moving speech about the death of the last of the Mohicans.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James Fenimore Cooper was born in New Jersey, USA, in l789, twenty-six years after the end of the French and Indian Wars. He was raised on his familys estate near Cooperstown, New York. Coopers father was one of the founders of the town. Many of his novels are set in the area around his home where the battles of the war had been fought. He entered Yale University at the age of thirteen but was expelled for playing a joke on somebody. Subsequently, he sailed as a British seaman and later served in the American navy. After his marriage, Cooper settled down on his family estate as a country landowner and began to write novels. Cooper established the tales of frontier adventure and the sea romance as typically American genres. His second book, The Spy, written in 1821, made him famous in both the USA and Europe. Coopers best known work is a series called The Leatherstocking Tales, named after the leather leg coverings worn by the hero of the books. The first book in the series, The Pioneers, introduced hunter-hero Natty Bumppo. It was followed by The Last of the Mohicans (1826), in which Bumppo is given the Indian nickname Hawkeye, The Prairie (1827), The Pathfinder (1840) and The Deerslayer (1841). These books are all adventure stories that show pioneer and American Indian life as it had been a generation previously. By the time of Coopers death on his estate in 1851, he had written 52 separate works. He was a famous man and was considered Americas first great novelist.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Indians of the Americas are descendants of people who crossed a land bridge, now the Aleutian Islands, from Asia to North America between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago. They gradually expanded southwards and eastwards, usually in small tribes. The Indian tribes along the eastern shore, the Algonquin-speaking Delaware, first came into contact with the Europeans and were the first to be destroyed. Warfare and diseases unknown to the Indians caused a severe decrease in the population. Displacement of Indians by white settlers continued until an official government policy of resettling Indians in reservations on undesirable land in the West was instituted. The Iroquois League was a loose confederation of Iroquois-speaking tribes: Mohawks, Oneidas, Senecas, Cayugas, Onondages and later, Tuscaroras. They combined to maintain a military and political presence that held the balance of power between the British and French by allying themselves with one side or the other and occasionally with both. The League successfully prevented European expansion into the important Ohio Valley area until after the French and Indian Wars. The French and Indian Wars (1756-1763) were the last of four wars fought between the British and French forces in North America. These wars coincided with the period of the Seven Years War in Europe. At the time of the French and Indian Wars, there were approximately 12,000 French settlers in North America. Frances main interest was in the fur trade. British settlers numbered 200,000, primarily engaged in agriculture and manufacturing. Both sides wanted to expand into the fertile Ohio Valley region. The decisive battle of the war, which was fought on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec, resulted in the Treaty of Paris, in which France ceded to the British all French territory east of the Mississippi River including Canada and Florida.

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BEFORE READING
SUGGESTIONS
FOR

LEAD-IN ACTIVITIES

In pairs, students ask and answer the following questions. Alternatively, you can ask the questions and elicit the answers from the whole class. (Some suggested answers are provided in italics.) 1. Have you read any books or seen any films about American Indians? Make a list of the things that you know about them. (lived by hunting and fishing, worshipped nature) 2. Think about the title of the book, The Last of the Mohicans. Make some guesses about what you think the book is about. (Indians, death of a tribe) 3. One of the characters in the book is called Hawkeye. Why do you think he has this name? (He has good eyesight. Indian names say something about the person.) 4. The story is set at the end of the French and Indian Wars in the period of French and English colonisation in North America. Why do you think the French and English were fighting over a country with so few people? (They each wanted more land for future settlers. They wanted trading rights with the Indians.)

K E Y V O C A B U L A RY
1. Pre-teach the following key vocabulary which refers to people or groups of people. hunter settlers warriors soldiers commander ancestors guide forces allies enemies prisoners tribes

2. Ask the students to look at the diagram below and to make a similar diagram of related words for each of the words above. kill bow and arrow hunter bear shoot

gun deer

hunt wolf

BEFORE READING ACTIVITIES

The Before Reading Activities in the Burlington Reader Series general information leaflet, pages 8-11, can be applied to The Last of the Mohicans. In addition to the activities in the general leaflet, students can then answer the following questions after looking at the front and back cover and the pictures in the reader. 1. Who is the main hero in the story? (Hawkeye) 2. Where does the story take place? (American-Canadian frontier, 1750s) 3. Who is the villain in the story? (Magua)

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AFTER READING: EXTRA CHALLENGES

MAKE YOUR STUDENTS THINK
Here are some points that more advanced students can be asked to consider after reading the book. 1. What is the attitude of the Indians towards women? 2. In what ways is Hawkeye like a white man and in what ways is he like an Indian? 3. Cora and Alice do not look similar to each other. In what other ways are they different? 4. Compare the attitudes of General Montcalm and Magua towards the English after the surrender of the fort is agreed. How are their attitudes different? 5. Why is Magua respected and listened to by the Iroquois?

DRAMA ACTIVITIES

AND

PROJECT SUGGESTIONS

1. Interview Hawkeye about his life with the Indians and as a hunter. 2. Write a letter from Cora Munro to a friend about her adventures getting to Fort William Henry. 3. Write a diary entry for Major Duncan Heyward after the surrender of Fort William Henry. 4. Pretend you are an Indian storyteller in Tamenunds village. Tell the story from the time that Hawkeye rescues Uncas and Alice to the end. 5. Write an obituary (death notice) for Cora Munro to be published in a newspaper in England. Be sure to give the details of the funeral in the Indian village. 6. Write another chapter for the story about what Hawkeye and Chingachgook do after the funeral. 7. Write a brief report about the French and Indian Wars. Use an encyclopedia. 8. Write a letter to the author saying how and why you would change something in the story. 9. Draw or sketch an important event in the story. Write a brief description of the events you draw. 10. Find out something about American Indians today. Are there still tribes? Where do they live?

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AFTER READING: GROUP WORK

TO THE TEACHER:
1. Hand out the following statements to the groups. 2. The groups discuss the statements, decide if they agree or disagree with each one and provide examples from the text to support their opinion. 3. The group spokesperson reports the groups idea to the whole class.

TO THE STUDENTS:
Discuss the following statements. Agree (Yes) or Disagree (No) with them. Support your opinions with observations and details from the story.

Statement 1. Magua has good reason to hate Colonel Munro. 2. Chingachgook is a wise man. 3. Cora is a brave woman. 4. Duncan is braver than Hawkeye. 5. The sisters admire Uncas. 6. Hawkeye respects Indian customs. 7. General Webb wants to help Colonel Munro. 8. General Montcalm wants the Indians to kill the English after the surrender of the fort. 9. Tamenunds decision to allow Magua to keep Cora as his prisoner and free the others is just and fair. 10. The Indians have got a religion.

Yes () No ()

Examples to support our opinion

See the Burlington Reader Series general information leaflet, pages 13-15, for more After Reading activities.

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POSSIBLE ANSWERS
1. Magua has good reason to hate Colonel Munro. Yes. Colonel Munro shamed Magua when he had him whipped for drinking whisky and then coming into the camp. 2. Chingachgook is a wise man. Yes. His name means The Great Serpent because he understands how mens natures change. 3. Cora is a brave woman. Yes. She tells the men to leave her and Alice behind in the cave and to save themselves. She takes care of Alice when they are captured by Magua. She chooses death rather than cooperating with Magua and hurting her father. 4. Duncan is braver than Hawkeye. No. They are both brave. Duncan stays with the sisters in the cave, but Hawkeye leaves so that he will be able to follow and rescue them. They both fight to defend the English fort. Duncan and Hawkeye both go into the Indian camp to rescue the sisters and Uncas. 5. The sisters admire Uncas. Yes. The sisters both think that Uncas is brave and noble when they are in the cave. Cora appears to be in love with Uncas after he rescues her from Magua the first time. 6. Hawkeye respects Indian customs. Yes. Hawkeye was raised by Chingachgook and understands Indian ways. He does not agree with many things white men do. He likes the Indian custom of giving a name that describes the person. 7. General Webb wants to help Colonel Munro. No. General Webb did not send any soldiers to help Colonel Munro and he told him to surrender the fort. 8. General Montcalm wants the Indians to kill the English after the surrender of the fort. Yes. Although General Montcalm did not tell the Indians to attack the English, he did not order his troops to do anything to stop the massacre. 9. Tamenunds decision to allow Magua to keep Cora as his prisoner and free the others is just and fair. Yes. Tamenund makes his decision in accordance with Delaware custom. 10. The Indians have got a religion. Yes. The Indians believe in the Great Spirit. They believe in the spirits of the dead and of the forest. They believe that after people are dead their spirits go to a happier place.

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WORKSHEET 1: CHAPTERS 1-5

A. Fill in the chart with words or phrases that describe each character. Use the list below. You may use the words more than once. fierce expression strong and handsome beautiful white teeth deep, musical voice Alice mature fearless elegant blue eyes dark face golden hair thick, black hair clear complexion dark complexion

Magua

Uncas

Cora

B. Match the words in A with their meanings in B. A 1. defenders 2. clearing 3. praise 4. astonishment 5. woods 6. warriors 7. compass C. Complete the sentences. 1. Cora and Alice Munro were going to the fort to .................................................................................. 2. Hawkeye told Uncas to shoot the deer with an arrow so that .............................................................. 3. Duncan decided to ask Hawkeye for help because .............................................................................. 4. The reason they went to the cave was .................................................................................................. 5. Chingachgook was called The Great Serpent because ...................................................................... D. Fill in the blanks using the names in the box. Then change the direct speech into indirect speech. Cora Magua David Gamut Chingachgook Hawkeye .. .. .. .. .. .. .. B a. fighters b. forest c. open place in a forest d. words of approval e. instrument for finding direction f. protectors g. great surprise

1. We can sing psalms to pass the time, replied ........................ . ........................................................................................................................................................ 2. Why did you let ........................ escape? Duncan demanded to know. ........................................................................................................................................................ 3. At dawn, ........................ woke Duncan and whispered, Now is the time to start our journey. ........................................................................................................................................................ 4. I have the blood of chiefs in me, ........................ answered. ........................................................................................................................................................ 5. How can we sleep knowing how worried our father must be? asked ........................ . ........................................................................................................................................................
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ANSWERS
A. Possible answers. Alice blue eyes elegant clear complexion golden hair Magua fierce expression fearless dark face fearless strong and handsome deep, musical voice Uncas mature elegant dark complexion thick, black hair beautiful white teeth dark face Cora

B. 1. f

2. c

3. d

4. g

5. b

6. a

7. e

C. Possible answers. 1. Cora and Alice Munro were going to the fort to visit their father. 2. Hawkeye told Uncas to shoot the deer with an arrow so that he wouldnt attract the attention of the Iroquois. 3. Duncan decided to ask Hawkeye for help because he was lost, his Indian guide had run away and he needed help to protect Cora and Alice 4. The reason they went to the cave was to hide from the Iroquois. 5. Chingachgook was called the Great Serpent because he understood the turnings of human nature. He was silent and attacked his enemies when they least expected it. D. 1. David Gamut David Gamut replied that they could sing psalms to pass the time. 2. Magua Duncan demanded to know why they had let Magua escape. 3. Hawkeye At dawn, Hawkeye woke Duncan and whispered to him that then was the time to start their journey. 4. Chingachgook Chingachgook answered that he had the blood of chiefs in him. 5. Cora Cora asked how they could sleep knowing how worried their father must be.

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WORKSHEET 2: CHAPTERS 6-11

A. Complete the passage with the verbs from the list below. Change the form of the verb when necessary. slaughter surrender follow not send run away catch watch leave take think

Colonel Munro 1. ................................ Fort William Henry to the French because General Webb 2. ................................ more soldiers. The French soldiers stood by and 3. ................................ the Iroquois 4. ................................ the defenceless settlers. Cora and Alice tried to 5. ................................ into the forest, but Magua 6. ................................ them. He 7. ................................ Cora in the village of the Delaware and 8. ................................ Alice to the Huron village. The Iroquois let David Gamut 9. ................................ them because they 10. ................................ he was mad. B. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct verb in brackets. 1. Does the heart of Colonel Munro (grow hard / grow soft / grow old) when he thinks of his daughters? Magua asked. 2. Here on my back are the marks of shame made by your father, said Magua (pulling aside / pulling on / cutting off) the shirt that covered his chest. 3. Magua (looked at / pulled out / sharpened) his knife and ran at Chingachgook. 4. Chingachgook moved among the bodies of their enemies (certain / certainly / making certain) that they were dead. 5. Inside the fort, the soldiers were preparing to (come out / go in / come up) and fight the French. 6. This magician will (take off / take over / take away) our enemies courage, David told the guards. 7. Hawkeye and Uncas (took off / took up / took out) their disguises and then went to the village of the Delaware tribe. 8. You managed to capture me because that warrior (ran out / ran away / ran down) and I was trapped when I followed him, said Uncas. C. Write True or False next to each sentence. 1. Magua wanted vengeance against the French. .. 2. Cora and Alice were Maguas prisoners after the massacre. .. 3. Colonel Munro told Hawkeye to make the arrangements to surrender the fort. .. 4. The Indians thought David Gamut was mad because he sang all the time. .. 5. In the Huron village, Hawkeye disguised himself in a magicians bearskin. .. 6. Tamenund told Cora to go with Magua. .. 7. Hawkeye fought Magua and killed him. .. D. There are three false sentences in exercise C above. Correct them. ...................................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................................................

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ANSWERS
A. 1. surrendered 2. did not send 3. watched 4. slaughter 5. run away 6. caught 7. left 8. took 9. follow 10. thought B. 1. grow soft 2. pulling aside 3. pulled out 4. making certain 5. come out 6. take away 7. took off 8. ran away C. 1. False 2. True 3. False 4. True 5. True 6. True 7. False

D. 1. Magua wanted vengeance against the English and Colonel Munro. 3. Colonel Munro told Duncan Heyward to make the arrangements to surrender the fort. 7. Magua tried to jump over a crevice and fell to his death.

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FINAL TEST
A. Choose the correct answer. 1. Hawkeye and the Mohicans helped Cora and Alice a. to reach General Webb at Fort Edward. b. to return to England. c. to join their father at Fort William Henry. 2. Magua was a traitor a. to his own Huron tribe. b. to the English. c. to the French forces of General Montcalm. 3. Chingachgook and Uncas were a. the last two members of their tribe. b. scouts for the French forces. c. frontier traders. 4. Magua wanted Cora to go with him a. because he loved her. b. because he could not find a Huron wife. c. because it would hurt her father. 5. Uncas followed Magua and Cora a. because he wanted to kill Magua. b. to show how brave he was. c. because he wanted to rescue Cora. 6. The ancient chief, Tamenund, was a. a very old man who forgot things. b. a wise man respected by his whole tribe. c. confused by Maguas long story. 30 points (5 points each) B. Choose the correct answer. At the beginning of the story, Major Duncan Heyward was taking the two daughters of Colonel Munro to their father (1. at / by / for) Fort William Henry. They (2. join / joined / were joined) by David Gamut, a singing teacher. Magua, the Indian guide, (3. planned / had planned / have planned) an ambush because he (4. wants / wanted / had wanted) revenge on the sisters father. The small group was lost (5. while / because / when) they (6. came / come / have come) upon Hawkeye and the Mohicans. Duncan (7. was asked / asked / asks) Hawkeye to help them reach the fort. They (8. hid / were hiding / hide) in a cave behind a waterfall when they were attacked by a party of (9. soldiers / Iroquois / settlers). The sisters, along with Duncan and David, (10. took / were taken / had taken) prisoner but Hawkeye and the Mohicans (11. follow / were following / followed) the Iroquois and (12. had rescued / rescued / are rescuing) the (13. captives / Indian / settlers). After the surrender of Fort William Henry, the sisters (14. took / were taking / were taken) prisoner again. (15. During / Before / Until) the fight to rescue Cora, both Cora and Uncas were killed. 45 points (3 points each) C. Choose one topic and write a paragraph. Your paragraph should be at least 60 words long. 1. What makes The Last of the Mohicans an exciting story? 2. Explain why Magua wanted vengeance against Colonel Munro and how he tried to get it. 3. Describe the life of the Indians as it is shown in the story. 25 points

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ANSWERS
A. 1. c B. 1. at 6. came 11. followed 2. b 3. a 2. were joined 7. asked 12. rescued 4. c 5. c 6. b 4. wanted 9. Iroquois 5. when 10. were taken

3. had planned 8. were hiding 13. captives

14. were taken 15. During

C. Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers. Possible points for inclusion: 1. The Last of the Mohicans is an exciting story because it has an interesting setting, a lot of action and some romance. The frontier during the French and Indian Wars is an exciting setting because of the conflict between the customs and beliefs of the Indians and the white men. There is a lot of action in the story, with battles, captures, escapes and rescues. There are also the romances between Duncan and Alice and between Uncas and Cora. 2. Magua blamed the trouble in his life on the white men because they gave him whisky. It caused him to be driven from his people, captured by the Mohawks and enslaved. Later he was adopted into their tribe. When the Mohawks became allies of the English, Magua broke a rule that Colonel Munro had made about drinking whisky in the camp and Colonel Munro had him beaten. Magua wanted vengeance for this. He planned to kidnap the two daughters of Colonel Munro and take them back to his Huron village. He wanted Munro to suffer every day knowing that they were in his power. 3. The forest Indians in the story hunt and fish for food. They carry tomahawks, scalping knives and rifles given to them by the English or French. The French and English also give the Indians whisky, which causes many problems. They paint their faces and bodies to look fierce and the Mohican warriors shave their heads except for the tuft of hair at the top. Tribes can be identified by their dress and weapons and by the symbols they use to decorate their clothes, tools and houses. Healers and magicians help the people when they are ill. They respect the spirits of the dead and they believe that mad people must not be harmed. The dead are buried with honour and respect. Bravery is highly respected even in enemies and cowardice in a warrior is shameful and may be punished by death. Tribes respect each others laws and customs.

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TO A N STW H E RTS EA TC OHQ EU RE S T I O N S I N T H E R E A D E R

These answers relate to the questions on pages 63-65 of the reader itself. Chapter 1 1. The two young ladies and the soldiers were going to Fort William Henry. 2. Duncan and Munros daughters didnt follow the soldiers because they wanted to take a short cut in order to arrive earlier. 3. Alice did not like the look of the Indian guide. She did not trust him. Chapter 2 1. The white man was Hawkeye. The two Indians were Chingachgook, the Mohican who had raised Hawkeye, and Chingachgooks son, Uncas. 2. Chingachgook said that the Indians fought each other with stone arrows and that the white men used rifles with lead bullets. 3. Uncas thought that the Iroquois in the other part of the forest were preparing an ambush. Chapter 3 1. Duncan asked Hawkeye to guide them to Fort William Henry and to help him protect the young women. 2. The French gave Magua the name The Clever Fox. 3. At the end of the day, Duncan and the others hid in a cave behind a waterfall. Chapter 4 1. The Iroquois know that the howling of a wolf means there are people and food nearby. 2. Uncas helped the two women in small ways, which was not the Indian custom. 3. Hawkeye knew the Mohicans language because Chingachgook had raised him since he was a small child. 4. Alice, Cora and David were singing when they were interrupted by a terrible cry. Chapter 5 1. Hawkeye and the two Mohicans didnt sleep at all during the night because they were keeping watch. 2. At dawn the Iroquois attacked. 3. The four Iroquois who came out from behind a floating tree trunk were killed by Hawkeye, Uncas and Duncan. Chapter 6 1. An Iroquois untied Hawkeyes canoe and it floated down the river. 2. Duncan, David, Cora and Alice stayed in the cave. 3. The Iroquois were looking for Hawkeye in the cave. 4. Magua wanted Cora to go and live with him and his people as his wife. In this way, he would have his revenge on Colonel Munro, who would be unhappy every day of his life knowing that Cora was in reach of Maguas anger. 5. The Iroquois tied the prisoners to trees and put wood at their feet to make a fire. Chapter 7 1. Magua and the French soldiers left the old fort without looking for Hawkeye and the others because they respected the dead who were buried there. 2. When the group arrived at the fort there was chaos. Some people were extinguishing fires, others were helping wounded soldiers. 3. Duncan wanted to ask Colonel Munro if he could marry Alice. 4. Cora and Alice were different physically because they did not have the same mother. 5. Colonel Munro decided to surrender the fort because General Webb didnt send any more troops. Chapter 8 1. Montcalm wanted Magua to teach his people how to treat the English. 2. The Iroquois didnt go near David and the sisters during the massacre because David, who was accompanying the women, began singing and the Indians thought he was mad. It was against their beliefs to hurt a madman. 3. Magua grabbed Cora, but when she refused to go with him he took Alice instead and pulled her through the forest. Cora and David followed them. 4. The French troops stood and did nothing to stop the massacre.

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Chapter 9 1. When they started looking for Cora and Alice, Hawkeye and the others found two pieces of Coras green dress and prints from Maguas shoe and David Gamuts shoe. They also found Davids flute on the ground. 2. David Gamut said that Cora was in a village on the other side of a black rock and that Alice was a prisoner of the Huron tribe in a nearby village. 3. Hawkeye thought that the tribe holding Cora were not enemies because they used the symbol of the tortoise, which was also the symbol of Chingachgooks tribe. 4. Duncan got permission to stay in the Huron village because he had disguised himself as a French healer. 5. Uncas was captured by the Huron war party and they decided to kill him. Chapter 10 1. Duncan was taken to a cave at the edge of the Huron village to heal a sick woman. 2. Duncan and Hawkeye got out of the cave safely because they said they were taking the woman to the forest to finish healing her. 3. Tamenund decided that all the prisoners should go free except Cora, who had to go with Magua. Chapter 11 1. Many young men from the Delaware village decided to help Uncas rescue Cora. 2. Magua took Cora up a mountain path behind the Huron village. 3. After Magua killed Uncas, he ran away from Hawkeye and tried to jump over a crevice, but he missed the edge and fell to his death. 4. The Delaware people buried Cora and Uncas and made speeches to commemorate them.

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