Summary Of Munro And Magua

It was the third year of war between the English and French for territory. The natives had different allies. Mohicans were allied with British and the Hurons were allied with the French. Mohicans are dying Native American tribe, there were only two real Mohicans, they were Chingachgook and his son, Uncas. Chingachgook has an adopted half-white son, Hawkeye. The Hurons were allied with French. Magua, Huron’s leader allied with French because he wanted to get revenge with the British because they killed his children and British gave his wife to someone else. Colonel Edmund Munro is the colonel of the British troop, he has two daughters and they were, Cora Munro and Alice Munro. Colonel Edmund Munro wanted his daughter Cora to marry Major Duncan,
The militia and Hawkeye argued with Colonel Munro and Major Duncan but the British still did not gave them permission to go. So Hawkeye helped them escape secretly. Hawkeye got in trouble for helping them. After few days the British and the Mohicans marched from the fort then they were ambushed by Magua and other Hurons. Magua killed Colonel Munro. Mohicans, Heyward, and women ran away but Magua captured them and took them in Huron Village. The Huron Chief punished them. Alice is going to be Magua’s wife and Cora is to be burned alive. Heyward was their only translator, Hawkeye told Heyward to tell the chief to burn him instead of Cora. But instead Heyward told the chief to take himself instead of Cora. Heyward told them to get out of the village. When Cora and Hawkeye escaped, Hawkeye shot Heyward so that he was not suffering. The Mohicans ambushed Magau to let Alice go but Uncas was killed by Magua. Alice chose to jump off the cliff than to be Magua’s wife. Chingachgook and Hawkeye chased Magua. Chingachgook killed Magua physically by himself. In the end, Chingachgook, Hawkeye, and Cora did a funeral ritual in honor of Uncas, “the last of the