The Pathfinder (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: James Fenimore Cooper
- First Published: 1840
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1756
- Setting: Lake Ontario and environs
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Love or romance, Native Americans or American Indians, Eighteenth century, Canada or Canadians, Espionage or spies, Massacres, Frontier or pioneer life, Exploration or explorers, French Canadians, Seven Years’ War
- Locales: Lake Ontario
Characters Discussed
Thomas Dunham, a sergeant of the Fort Oswego garrison in the western New York territory during the French and Indian Wars. He has his daughter Mabel brought to the fort in order to promote a marriage between her and his friend Natty Bumppo, the wilderness scout called Pathfinder by the English. On a tour of duty among the Thousand Islands, his party captures and sinks three French ships; when they return to an island blockhouse, however, he and his men are ambushed by Iroquois Indians, and he is mortally wounded. Attended by his daughter, he dies blessing...
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