The Last of the Mohicans

1   
A summer afternoon in the
Year of Grace 1757 - on a
hilltop overlooking the val-
ley of the Hudson River.

2
Two tragic figures, remnants
of a once huge Indian tribe -
Chief Great Serpent and his
        son, Uncas.

3
"The pale faces are our friends.

Go to the Fort yonder and tell
   them of the danger that
         threatens."

4
      Fort Edward
One of the few English 
outposts not yet attacked
by the invading armies of 
France.

5
Even in a wilderness, gently-bred
  women somehow maintain the
  grace and dignity of life.

6
Cora Munro, a soldier's
daughter - on a visit to
      Fort Edward.

7
Alice, her light-hearted sister -
    whom Cora has mothered 
        from childhood.

8
Captain Randolph - more
interested in women than 
in warfare.

9
Major Heyward - in love
with capricious Alice.

10
The eternal spirit of youth,
joying while it may - heed-
less of the gathering storm.

11
"Do tell us a story,
   General Webb."

12
"The Hurons are on the 
warpath. They have drunk
the firewater of the French
and have listened to lying 
tongues."

13
Her girlish fancy investing
the young Chief with a halo
of romance.

14
"Surely among his own 
people he is a prince."

15
"You! - The daughter of
     Colonel Munro! -
Admiring a filthy savage!"

16
Two days' march from Fort 
 Edward - Colonel Munro,
father of the girls, stoutly
resisting the French assault
upon Fort William Henry.

17
"Three French divisions under
Montcalm have crossed the
lake! Men - horses - guns!"

18
Magua - an Indian runner in
the service of the British.

19
"God grant my messenger
has reached Fort Edward -
else I may never see my 
daughters again!"

20
General Webb and his staff,
summoned to hear the message
    of Colonel Munro.

21
"- A good opportunity to
rejoin your father. But you
need not ride all the way
with the troops, as the 
Indian, Magua, knows a 
short-cut through the
forest."

22
Bedtime - with Alice unable
 to sleep for excitement.

23
"There is nothing to fear -
we shall soon be with father."

24
Haunted by a premonition 
of evil - a vague dread
which Cora's reassurance
fails to banish.

25
"Promise me - whatever
happens - you will never
desert me!"

26
Dawn

27
"Are you the guide?"

28
"Perhaps Captain Randolph
will aid Major Heyward in
protecting the ladies?"

29
"With your permission, sir,
I will ride with my men -
my duty lies with them."

30
The forest - and the
  parting of ways.

31
A secret path, which only
  Indian eyes can find.

32
"I'm David Gamut, a servant
of the Lord. Permit me to
ride with you to William
Henry whither I am going 
to sing psalms for our 
brave soldiers."

33
Hours later - drenched and
discouraged in a blinding
rainstorm.

34
Storm-bound woodsmen -
Uncas, his father, and their
friend, Hawkeye, the scout.

35
"In which direction lies Fort
William Henry? Our Indian
guide has lost his way!"

36
"An Indian lost in the woods?
Impossible! Were he blind, he
would nose the earth - and
every blade of grass would
tell the way!"

37
"He's gone!"

38
"I suspect the varmint covets
your scalps! Come - these
woods are no longer safe!"

39
In a cave near Glenn's Falls -
a hiding place known only to
Hawkeye and the Mohicans.

40
"Uncas watches."

41
The bond of a common
danger - drawing together
these two, so widely sep-
arated by the mystery of
birth.

42
Simple words of a savage -
yet revealing depths of 
thought and imagination.

43
"You will not be afraid?"

44
"Our last shot! Don't waste it!"

45
A deed of mercy.

46
"What the Great Spirit 
 wills shall happen."

47
Within the cave, as minutes pass -
the growing conviction that the
   stratagem has succeeded.

48
"Magua does not kill his 
      prisoners -
   he tortures them."

49
Keen eyes have watched 
the failure of the ruse.

50
An abandoned blockhouse.

51
"If you would save the 
     Yellow Hair,
consent to be my squaw!"

52
"No, No! Rather let us 
    die together!"

53
"'Tis but a short distance
to Fort William Henry -
we shall be there before
sundown."

54
Arriving, after all, at the
same time as the troops.

55
Smarting under the rebuff,
Randolph determines to
have it out with Cora.

56
Meekness, masking his in-
jured vanity. Then a sudden 
burst of pride and anger -

57
Munro's headquarters -
discussing the critical
condition of the Fort.

58
  "I know the guns on our
 left rampart are useless -
but Montcalm doesn't know it!
  With God's help we yet
    may save the day!"

59
"Is our condition really 
     so bad, Sir?"

60
"If Montcalm's Indians really
knew the truth, our scalps
would hang in their wigwams
     before morning!"

61
The fear that grows in 
the heart of a coward.

62
Within the enemy's lines -
     the traitor.

63
Montcalm, Commander in Chief
  of the armies of France.

64
Under a flag of truce,
Montcalm summons Munro
  to a conference.

65
"Colonel Munro, the fall of
your fortress is inevitable."

66
"I know the guns on your
left rampart are useless.
You would never be able 
to resist my attack."

67
The very words which he
himself had spoken con-
cerning the condition of
the Fort.

68
"What about the women 
   and children?"

69
"They shall go unharmed."

70
The honor of Montcalm.

71
That night - to the everlasting 
  shame of our civilization -
   covetous white men sold
   firewater to the Hurons,
   debauching the red men
    with drunken orgies.

72
  The war dance of the 
flaming arrows - overture
 to the chant of Death.

73
Morning - under a leaden sky.

74
"I must stay until the last 
man leaves. Go with the 
rest in safety."

75
Magua - inciting the Huron
braves to defy the author-
ity of their chiefs.

76
"The day of Magua has come!
   Follow to my wigwam,
       Dark Hair!"

77
Wounded British soldiers -
too weak to be removed -

78
Amid the smouldering ruins -

79
Magua - seeking hospitality
in the camp of the peaceful
Delawares -

80
"Here ends the trail! When
the wise men of the Dela-
wares hear our tale, they
will not believe the lies 
of Magua."

81
Indian justice - the ancient
tribal law of the Delawares,
impartially administered by
a council of three wise men.

82
"According to the law of 
Manitou, Uncas will take
the Dark Hair."

83
"- but Yellow hair is
Magua's lawful captive."

84
"Magua, the law of sanctuary
protects you until sundown."

85
"I will go with you, Magua -
  in place of my sister."

86
"When the sun goes down
I will be on your trail!"

87
Afar in the wilderness -
 a camp for the night.

88
Ever behind her - the
leering face of Magua.

89
"One step nearer and I'll jump!"

90
Through the weary hours 
    of the night -

91
Waiting, with the Indian's
inexorable patience, for the
outcome of her struggle
against the overpowering 
desire to sleep.

92
Across the trackless waste -
the cry of heart to heart.

93
In a beautiful sunlit valley -

94
And on a lonely crag -

95
"Woe, for the race of red 
men! In the morning of
life I saw the sons of my
forefathers happy and
strong - and before night-
fall I have seen the passing
of the last of the Mohicans."

The End