![]() The Deerslayer: The First War Path (1841) The Pathfinder: The Inland Sea (1840), and The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1826), The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale (1823), Bumppo is the hero of Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" series, here listed with their publication dates: 'White man' Natty 'Hawkeye' Bumppo, nicknamed 'The Long Rifle' embodies the heroic frontiersman who bridges the gap with camaraderie and friendship to the 'Red man', Chingachgook and Uncas, to name a few. ![]() Written during the 18th century days of the American Frontier, Cooper popularised the plight of Native peoples in his writings with a sympathetic although romanticised vision. There is sufficient historical truth in the picture to justify the use that has been made of it. They were, consequently, the first dispossessed and the seemingly inevitable fate of all these people, who disappear before the advances, or it might be termed the inroads, of civilization, as the verdure of their native forests falls before the nipping frosts, is represented as having already befallen them. ![]() The Mohicans were the possessors of the country first occupied by the Europeans in this portion of the continent. ![]()
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