Siege of Fort William Henry
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The siege of Fort William Henry was conducted by a French and Indian force led by Louis-Joseph de Montcalm against the British-held Fort William Henry. This fort, located at the southern end of Lake G
Lord Loudoun, portrait by Allan Ramsay
Portrait of Montcalm, copy by Théophile Hamel from unknown original
Montcalm talking with an English officer who had come to negotiate the surrender of the fort
Engraving of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm trying to stop Native Americans from attacking British soldiers and civilians as they leave the fort
The Last of the Mohicans
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The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is an 1826 historical romance novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known to contempor
Siege of Fort William Henry
…of captives did not receive the same level of press coverage. The events of the battle and the subsequent killings were depicted in the 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper and in film adaptations of the book. Cooper's description of the events contains numerous inaccuracies, but his work and the…
First edition title page
Thomas Cole, Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund, 1827
"Hawkeye's Cave" in 2016
Illustration from the novel's 1896 edition depicting Hawk-eye disguised as a bear fighting Magua in the cave where Alice is held captive