Vocabulary
Native Americans
Plot
Characters
History
100
A large piece of land in the countryside.
What is an estate?
100
The ranged/projectile weapon traditionally used by Native Americans.
What is a bow and arrow?
100
The small military fort to which General Hayward was accompanying Munro's daughters.
What is Fort Henry?
100
The young Major who accompanies General Munro's two daughters, Alica and Cora, to Fort Henry.
Who is Major Heyward?
100
The war that serves as the backdrop for "The Last of the Mohicans."
What is the French and Indian War?
200
A series of marks; a path.
What is a trail?
200
The leader of a Native American Tribe.
What is a chief?
200
The Indian Tribe that attacks Major Heyward's party at the island where they are spending the night.
Who are the Hurons?
200
A young American frontier scout and friend to the Mohicans.
Who is Hawkeye?
200
The young military officer sent to warn the French of mounting tensions; he would one day become the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
300
A feeling of pity or compassion.
What is mercy?
300
An Indian expression for alcoholic drinks.
What is "firewater?"
300
The leader of the Hurons who capture David Gamut, and Cora and Alice Munro on the island where they are stranded after the departure of General Heyward, Uncas and Chingachgook.
Who is Magua?
300
A young preacher who was also on his way to Fort Henry.
Who is David Gamut?
300
The body of water or land bridge anthropologists suspect the original inhabitants of the Americas crossed to reach said continent about 20,000 years ago.
What is the Bering Strait?
400
A formal agreement between two or more nations.
What is a treaty?
400
The practice of removing the skin and hair off the top of a victim's head.
What is scalping?
400
The daughter of General Monro whom Magua wants to be his wife to as a form of revenge for the General.
Who is Cora Munro?
400
The Huron who acts as Heyward's guide but later betrays his trust.
Who is Magua?
400
Stations built by the United States Calvary that protected travellers during Indian attacks, some of which began as trading posts.
What are Forts?
500
To beat someone with a lash or belt.
What is "to whip?"
500
The Mohican's rival Tribe.
Who are the Hurons?
500
A natural phenomenon that shielded Heyward's party from their enemies as they entered Fort Henry.
What is fog?
500
The only surviving members of the Mohican Tribe.
Who are Chingachgook and Uncas?
500
A series of five books, of which "The Last of the Mohicans" is the most famous.
What are "The Leatherstocking Tales?"