最后的莫希干人

人再次围攻英军并杀死了蒙路上校。情急之中，豪克依挣脱索链救出了歌娜姐妹俩。三个莫希干人 与歌娜姐妹和德勒少校在被敌人追捕中

躲入一山洞。最终，马瓜他们还是赶到那里。无奈 中，三个莫希干人跃入水瀑，而歌娜姐妹和德勒落入敌手。

豪克依等来到休伦族营地，豪克依冒死徒手入营，请求放人并揭露了马瓜的野心。可酋长最后还是决定要烧死歌娜 ，而其妹爱莉则被马瓜

带走。关键时刻，德勒自求烧死以替换歌娜。在解救爱莉的途中， 马瓜杀死了千家谷的亲子雍加，而不屈的爱莉跳崖而死。最终，马瓜死

于千家谷刀下。< /p>

而千家谷也成了最后一个莫希干人。

这使我们形象地看到，

北美殖民地的发展史，

实质上就是这样一部印第安人的血泪史。

Introduction

It

is

the

late

1750s,

and

the

French

and

Indian

War

grips

the wild

forest

frontier

of western

New

Y

ork. The

French

army

i

s

attacking Fort William Henry, a British outpost commanded by Colonel Munro. Munro’s daugh

ters Alice and Cora set out from

Fort Edward to visit their father, escorted through the dangerous forest by Major Duncan Heyward and guided by an

Indian

named

Magua.

Soon

they

are

joined

by

David

Gamut,

a

singing

master

and

religious

follower

of

Calvinism.

Traveling

cautiously,

the

group

encounters

the

white

scout

Natty

Bumppo,

who

goes

by

the

name

Hawkeye,

and

his

two

Indian

companions,

Chingachgook

and

Uncas,

Chingachgook’s son,

the

only

surviving

members

of

the

once

great

Mohican

tribe.

Hawkeye says that Magua, a Huron, has betrayed the group by leading them in the wrong direction. The Mohicans attempt to

capture the traitorous Huron, but he escapes.

Hawkeye and the Mohicans lead the group to safety in a cave near a waterfall, but Huron allies of Magua attack early the next

morning.

Hawkeye

and

the

Mohicans

escape

down the river,

but

Hurons capture

Alice,

Cora,

Heyward,

and

Gamut. Magua

celebrates the kidnapping. When Heyward tries to convert Magua to the English side, the Huron reveals that he seeks revenge

on

Munro

for

past

humiliation

and

proposes

to

free

Alice

if

Cora

will

marry

him.

Cora

has

romantic

feelings

for

Uncas,

however,

and

angrily

refuses

Magua.

Suddenly

Hawkeye

and

the

Mohicans

burst

onto

the scene, rescuing

the captives

and

killing

every

Huron

but

Magua, who

escapes.

After

a

harrowing

journey

impeded

by

Indian

attacks,

the

group

reaches

Fort

William

Henry,

the

English

stronghold.

They

sneak through

the French

army

besieging

the

fort,

and,

once

inside,

Cora

and

Alice reunite with their father.

A

few days later, the English forces call for a truce. Munro learns that he will receive no reinforcements for the fort and w

ill

have to surrender. He reveals to Heyward that Cora’s mother was part “Negro,” which explains her dark complexion and raven

hair.

Munro

accuses

Heyward

of

racism

because

he

prefers

to

marry

blonde

Alice

over

dark

Cora,

but

Heyward

denies

the

charge.

During

the withdrawal

of

the

English

troops

from Fort

William

Henry,

the

Indian

allies

of

the

French

indulge

their

bloodlust and prey upon the vulnerable retreating soldiers. In the chaos of slaughter, Magua manages to recapture Cora, Alice,

and Gamut and to escape with them into the forest.

Three days later, Heyward, Hawkeye, Munro, and the Mohicans discover Magua’s trail and begin t

o pursue the villain. Gamut

reappears and explains that Magua has separated his captives, confining Alice to a Huron camp and sending Cora to a Delaware

camp. Using deception and a variety of disguises, the group manages to rescue Alice from the Hurons, at which point Heyward

confesses his romantic interest in her. At the Delaware village, Magua convinces the tribe that Hawkeye and his companions are

their racist enemies. Uncas reveals his exalted heritage to the Delaware sage Tamenund and then demands the

release of all his

friends

but

Cora, who

he

admits

belongs

to

Magua.

Magua

departs with

Cora.

A

chase

and

a

battle

ensue.

Magua

and

his

Hurons suffer painful defeat, but a rogue Huron kills Cora. Uncas begins to attack the Huron who killed Cora, but Magua

stabs

Uncas in the back. Magua tries to leap across a great divide, but he falls short and must cling to a shrub to avoid tumbling

off

and

dying.

Hawkeye

shoots

him,

and

Magua

at

last

plummets

to

his

and

Uncas

receive

proper

burials

the

next

morning

amid

ritual

chants

performed

by

the

Delawares.

Chingachgook

mourns

the

loss

of

his

son,

while

Tamenund

sorrowfully declares that he has lived to see the last warrior of the noble race of the Mohicans.

Analysis of Major Characters