The Last of the Mohicans

Chingachgook. How are you?

The Master of Life is good, John.

Another year passed.

How is it with you?

Getting along. Yes, I am.

Nathaniel.

Hello, John. Cleared another quarter, I see.

Yes, I did.

Alexandra. Welcome.

Jack, how are you?

Hallo, Nathaniel.

How've you been? Good. Thank you.

Where you boys been trapping?

West of the Cuyahoga.

Why is Uncas with you?

He should have settled with a woman, started a family by now.

Hey. Hey. Hey, Uncas, look.

Mohawk field we saw was five mile long on the river.

Chief Joseph Brandt's field.

You take much fur?

That we did. Lots.

The Horicon's near trapped-out now.

Where are you trading your skins? Castleton?

No. Schuylerville.

Schuylerville, with the Dutch, for silver.

French and English want to pay with wampum and brandy.

So what is it, Jack? What brings you here?

French and Indian army are heading south out of Fort Carillon...

...to war against the British.

I'm helping to raise New York's militia to fill the Crown's levy.

And the people here are gonna join in that fight?

We'll see in the morning. Where're you boys heading?

We'll trap over the fall. Winter in Can-tuck-ee.

Find a Delaware-speaking woman for Uncas.

She will say, 'You are the one.' Bear him many children.

Then you can have a boy like me.

Never. You are too strong.

Turn me old too fast.

That's what he's doing to his mama.

John Cameron, thank you for your hospitality.

Mohawk traded furs with les français.

We got no quarrel with les français.

Now les français bring Huron, Ottawa, Abenaki onto Mohawk land.

Now Mohawk will fight les français and Huron.

I speak for the Twin Rivers Mohawk of the Six Nations.

His Majesty, King George II, is very grateful for your support.

How far up the valley?

Up to Fort William Henry.

That's two nights and a bit from here.

Should be enough to remind you all that France is our enemy.

France is your enemy.

What did you say?

While we're at your fort, what if the French attack our homes?

What then, Lieutenant?

For your homes, for King, for country.

That's why you men ought to join this fight.

You do what you want with your own scalp.

Do not be telling us what we ought to do with ours.

You call yourself a patriot? A loyal subject to the Crown?

I do not call myself subject to much at all.

I agree with some of what Nathaniel and John say,

but I believe England's still our sovereign.

I'll go.

We will go to fight the French.

My brother and I will volunteer up.

I'll fight with you, Jack.

I'm staying on my farm.

Any man who goes, his family's welcome...

...to fort up with us till he comes back.

Boys, my sense of it is...

...we have enough here to fill the county levy,

and it's a fight we ought to make.

But first we got to get terms from General Webb.

Where are you meeting him?

We'll go to Albany.

Attention.

We speak for the men, not command them.

If they're not allowed leave to defend their farms and families...

...if the French attack the settlements,

than no colonial militia is going to Fort William Henry.

They will report or be pressed into service.

Any of the boys worth having...

...can disappear into the forest. They will be found.

And where does that leave you then?

Those men will be found, arrested...

I cannot imagine His Majesty, in his benevolence,

would ever object to his loyal American subjects...

...defending their hearth and home, their women and children.

Does that mean they will be granted leave...

...to defend their homes if the settlements are attacked?

Of course.

You got yourself a colonial militia, General.

It is what we wanted.

Major Duncan Hayward reporting, sir,

en route to Fort William Henry and bearing dispatches.

Safe journey, I trust?

Yes, and I didn't experience anything...

...so surprising from Bristol to Albany...

...as that that I witnessed here today.

And what was that?

The Crown negotiating the terms of service.

I know.

One has to reason with these colonials to get them to do anything.

Tiring, isn't it? But that's the lay of the land.

I thought British policy is 'Make the world England,' sir.

I see you're to serve with the 35th Regiment of Foot...

...at Fort William Henry under Colonel Munro.

I'll be marching the 60th to Fort Edward.

Explain to the Major, he has little to fear...

...from this General Marquis de Montcalm in the first place,

and therefore scent need of a colonial militia in the second,

because the French haven't the nature for war.

Their Latinate voluptuousness...

...combines with their Gallic laziness. And the result is,

they'd rather eat and make love with their faces than fight.

Might I inquire if General Webb has heard...

...from Colonel Munro's daughters?

I was to rendezvous with them in Albany and escort them to the fort, sir.

You there, what does Munro call you?

The Scotsman has sent you one of his Mohawk allies to guide you.

Magua.

The Scotsman's daughters are at the Poltroon's house.

A company of the 60th will accompany you,

and Magua will show you the way.

Dawn. At the encampment, 6:00 a.m. sharp. See to it you're there.

I'll take him for you, sir.

Cora.

Duncan.

How long have you been in Albany?

For days and days.

And yourself?

Just arrived.

By God, it's good to see you.

I don't know what to say, Duncan.

I truly wish they did, but my feelings don't...

Don't go beyond friendship.

Don't you see?

Respect and friendship.

Isn't that a reasonable basis for a man and a woman to be married

And all else may grow in time?

Some say that's the way of it.

Some?

Cousin Eugenia, my father...

Well, then, Cora.

In my heart I know, once we're joined,

we'll be the most marvelous couple in London.

I'm certain of that.

So why not let those whom you trust, your father,

help settle what's best for you?

In view of your indecision, you should rely on their judgment.

And mine.

Will you consider that?

Please consider that.

Yes.

Yes, I will.

Duncan.

By God, you've grown up.

We leave in the morning?

Yes, miss.

I shan't sleep tonight.

What an adventure. Have you seen the red men?

A few.

I absolutely cannot wait to return to Portman Square,

having been to the wilderness.

It's so exciting, Duncan.

Alice?

Can we rest soon?

Absolutely.

You, there.

Scout, we must stop soon. Women are tired.

Not here. Two leagues. Better water. We stop there.

No, stop in the glade just ahead.

When the ladies are rested, we will proceed. Do you understand?

Excuse me. What did you say?

Magua said, understand English very well.

Hold tight. Come on.

Right. To the right.

Prepare your firearms. As three ranks.

Make ready.

Make ready.

First and second rank, present.

Fire.

No, Duncan.

In case your aim's any better than your judgment.

Your wounded should try walking on back to Albany.

They'll never make a passage north.

Stop it. Stop it. We need them to get out.

Why's he loosing the horses?

Why don't you ask him?

Too easy to track. They'll be heard for miles.

We were headed to Fort William Henry.

We'll take you as far as the fort.

We're walking out of here fast.

Unless all of you'd rather wait for the next Huron war party to come by.

Scout, I'd like to thank you for your help.

How much further is it?

Night and a bit.

Appears we're well away from them.

Maybe. Maybe they ain't alone.

That Huron captain back there...