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HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Last of the Mohicans is set in the mid-eighteenth century,
when the pioneer frontier man was eking out a living in fledging
America. At that time the English had colonized America. The
English at that time were also at loggerheads with France and
involved in warfare with France in America. The French and
Indian War provides a backdrop to The Last of the Mohicans. The
fall of Fort William Henry and subsequent massacre of civilians
took place in 1757.
At this time, Native American tribes had been subdued and pushed
back. However there were still many independent Indians and
tensions between Europeans and Indians ran high. There existed a
confederation among the Indian tribes, which occupied the
northwestern part of the colony of New York, which was first
known as the Five Nations. At a later date it became the Six
Nations. The original confederation consisted of the Mohawks, the
Oneidas, the Senecas, the Cayugas and the Onandagoes. The Sixth
tribe was the Juscaroras. Table of Contents
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