NG+Last+of+the+Mohicans+Response

Nicholas Gass Reflection on Last of the Mohicans People around the world have always categorized the relationship between Native Americans and the British and French colonies as bad. This is because the British and French in most cases would be unfair to the Native Americans. This idea originated because the French and British would trade very little to the Indians for a lot of land. This idea that people have though is not entirely true though, and that is proved in the book __Last of the Mohicans__ by James Fenimore Cooper. The Mohican and the Delaware tribes are perfect examples of how benevolent some Indian tribes were to colonists, but the Huron tribes is the perfect example of how some Indian tribes were hostile. The best friends of the main character Hawkeye were Chingachgook and Uncas and these two people were Mohicans. The Mohican tribe proved to be benevolent towards British colonists right away because when Magua was leading Major Heyward, Alice and Cora Munro, and Gamut through the forest he told them that they were being misled by him and saved them from being captured. The Mohicans didn’t know these British colonists at all but still saved them from their imminent capture which could have led to their death. Also the Mohicans prove to be caring because Uncas ends up falling in love with Cora throughout their journey. This kind of love is forbidden in many tribes and it doesn’t seem to be that big of a problem in the Mohican tribe which shows their tolerance to colonists. Finally, the Mohicans compassion is shown through how Uncas ends up dying in the end in order to save Cora’s Life. He gives up his life in order to save the life of Cora and this is the greatest evidence of the amount of kindness that the Mohicans portrayed to the British colonists. The Delaware tribe was another tribe that showed a great sense of compassion towards the British colonists. They may have not shown as much as the Mohicans, but they definitely were not as dangerous as the Huron tribe. The Delaware tribe at first did seem like a hostile group of Indians, but that’s only because Magua brainwashed them into thinking that the British colonists and the Mohicans were the bad guys. Once the Delaware tribe saw the tattoo that Uncas had they thought he was a reincarnate of their old leader. This halted the crude acts that were about to happen to them, and allowed them to explain the Magua was the real bad guy. The Delaware tribe at heart was not a bad tribe they just were given the wrong information so they attacked the British colonists and Mohicans. This shows that the Delaware tribe is not an unfair and brutal tribe they just punish the rightfully punishable. Despite all these friendly tribes there were also bad tribes that were very deceitful and wanted to harm the colonists. The Huron tribe was the tribe that committed most of the deceitful acts to the colonists. At first Magua, who is part of the Huron tribe, misleads Major Heyward, Alice and Cora Munro, and Gamut in order to harm them. Then also the Huron’s break their promise to let the British prisoners free if they surrender, and they end up massacring most of the people at that camp. This goes against the will of both the French and the British and this shows the true betrayal of the Huron tribe. Finally, towards the end they tell the Delaware tribe that the Mohicans and the British colonists are evil, which is exactly the opposite of the truth. The colonists and the Indians have always had a shaky relationship. Some tribes get along real well with the colonists, and some don’t. The Mohican and the Delaware tribes are perfect examples of how benevolent some Indian tribes were to colonists, but the Huron tribes is the perfect example of how some Indian tribes were hostile. The French and British colonists both had good and bad relationships with different Indian tribes.