AN+Last+of+the+mohican+responses

 The French and Indian war started in 1754 and went until 1763. The war was between France and England battling for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During the French and Indian war both British and French colonists teamed up with Native Americans. Even though there was a war going on between these two colonies there was also a feud going on between the different Native American tribes. The novel //The Last of the Mohicans// by James Fenimore Cooper focused on the relationships between not only England and the France but also the Native Americans.  The British army fought hard during the war but aided some help from the Native Americans. Colonel Munro is the father of Cora and Alice and is the commander of the British forces at Fort William Henry. Colonel Munro drove Magua, a Huron, away from his tripe and he was sent to serve the British. When Cora and Alice decide they want to visit their father, Magua is called upon to lead them and David through the forest. In the middle of the forest Magua meets up with some Hurons and abandons the girls. Magua’s fellow Hurons are attacking the girls and David just as Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas arrive. Hawkeye and the Mohicans, Chingachgook and Uncas, are friends of the British. Once they fight off the Hurons, they take charge and lead David and the girls to Fort William Henry. The British forces can depend on Hawkeye and the Mohicans and look to them for support.  Unlike England the French depended on the Native Americans more heavily. Magua was a former chief of the Huron tribe until he was taken from them. When Magua abandoned David and the girls he went back to being a Huron. General Montcalm is the commander of the French forces. He allied his French forces with the Hurons. By doing this the Hurons gave the French assistance and knowledge about unfamiliar territory. Allying themselves with the Hurons, the French thought they could gain an advantage over England. General Montcalm does not care for Hawkeye and the Mohicans and prefers to work with Magua and the Hurons.  Not only is there a war going on between England and France but there are disputes among the Native Americans. Hawkeye is friends with Chingachgook and Uncas and has known them most of his life. Chingachgook is Uncas’s father and Uncas is the last of the Mohicans. Hawkeye and the Mohicans help the British and are rivals to the Hurons, who help the French. The Hurons thought that the Delawares were their friends because they are colored by the same sun and their men would hunt in the same grounds after death. The Delawares thought different though when the chief saw that Uncas was a descendent of them. When Magua had taken Cora, Hawkeye and the Mohicans teamed up with the Delawares to save her.  England and France were using the Native Americans to help them gain an advantage in the war, even though the Native Americans were fighting themselves. The British forces used the Mohicans and Hawkeye where the French forces used the Hurons. Hawkeye and the Mohicans have a long history with the Hurons in which they are enemies. As the French and Indian War was occurring there was a war between the Native Americans going on.
 * War within a war **