![]() The prisoners are taken to a Huron village, with Hawkeye, Uncas and Chingachgook in pursuit. Before escaping, Hawkeye promises Cora that he will find her no matter what happens. With their gunpowder wet, Hawkeye and his two companions jump into the water, knowing their presence would precipitate a hopeless fight. Hawkeye, Cora, Alice, Uncas, Chingachgook, Heyward and two other soldiers escape to a cave behind a waterfall. Earlier, it is revealed that Magua’s village had been destroyed years ago by Munro's soldiers, resulting in the death of his children and his wife marrying another man when she thought Magua was dead. To avenge his family, Magua personally cuts out Munro's heart, but not before telling Munro that he will kill his daughters so that his family line will be extinguished. Munro reluctantly accepts, after Montcalm shows him an intercepted message from Webb in which he refuses to send aid.Īs the British march away, they are ambushed by a much larger force of Hurons led by Magua. The garrison and their families are offered safe passage to Albany, on condition they return to England and no longer fight in the war. As the fort is on the verge of falling, the French commander, General Montcalm ( Patrice Chéreau) offers Munro generous surrender terms. Hawkeye, who stays behind to be with Cora, is arrested for sedition and sentenced to hang. Munro refuses, so Hawkeye helps Jack and his friends desert. When Hawkeye tells the colonials about the attack on the Camerons, they demand to be released to go defend their homes, as General Webb had agreed. Their only hope is to get a messenger through to General Webb at nearby Fort Edward for reinforcements. Munro tells Heyward that the fort can only hold out for three more days. ![]() When Munro scolds his daughters for joining him, they realize that Magua has deceived them for some unknown reason. They find Fort William Henry under siege by the French, but manage to sneak inside. Along the way, they discover that the Cameron homestead has been razed and everyone killed, though nothing has been stolen, a sure sign of a war party. ![]() The rescuers reluctantly agree to escort the survivors to Fort William Henry. Magua prepares to shoot Cora, but Hawkeye forces him to flee. Heyward, Cora and Alice are rescued by Hawkeye and his companions, who have been tracking the war band. However, they are ambushed by Hurons led by Magua himself. A native guide named Magua ( Wes Studi) and a detachment of British soldiers commanded by Major Duncan Heyward ( Steven Waddington) escort the women on the trail. Satisfied, they join the British forces at Fort William Henry, sixty miles north of Albany.Ĭora Munro ( Madeleine Stowe) and her sister Alice ( Jodhi May) have received word from their father, Colonel Edmund Munro ( Maurice Roëves), the commander of the British garrison at the fort, to meet him there. The next morning, Jack and a group of others go to Albany, New York, to obtain terms from General Webb, who agrees to grant them leave if their homes are attacked. Jack Winthrop (Edward Blatchford) tells Hawkeye that he is gathering volunteers for the British army. Though the colonists are bound by law to join the militia to aid the British, many of them are reluctant to leave their homes and families defenseless.Ĭhingachgook ( Russell Means), his son Uncas ( Eric Schweig), and Hawkeye ( Daniel Day-Lewis), his adopted white son, visit the Cameron household. In 1757, the British and French are battling for control of North America in the French and Indian War.
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