El último mohicano

The 1757 massacre at Fort William Henry, located in the province of New York, is the historical tragedy around which James Fenimore Cooper built his 1826 novel *The Last of the Mohicans*. Since then, it has become one of the best-known works of world literature and—alongside Herman Melville’s *Moby-Dick* (1851) and Mark Twain’s *Huckleberry Finn* (1884)—one of the most popular American novels of all time. Cora and Alice Munro, the young daughters of the fort's commanding colonel, are traveling to join their father, who is under siege by the French and Montcalm's Indian allies. Along the way, they encounter the white scout Hawkeye and the Mohicans Chingachgook and his son Uncas—the latter considered the last surviving member of his tribe. However, the betrayal of their guide, a Huron named Magua, leads to the young women being captured by the Indians.