The Last of the Mohicans: Leatherstocking Tales #2

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1826) is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper. Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of Lieutenant Colonel Munro, are traveling with Major Duncan Heyward from Fort Edward to Fort William Henry, where Munro is in command, and acquire another companion in David Gamut, a naive singing teacher. They are guided through the forest by a native named Magua, who leads them through a shortcut unaccompanied by the British militia.