The Last of the Mohicans, Chapter 14 summary
Chapter 14 of 33 · 20 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 14, Hawkeye leads the travelers past French sentries and into the mountains, where they see that William Henry is surrounded. They attempt to reach the fort under cover of fog, survive pursuit and confusion, and gain entry when Alice calls to her father, who rushes out to embrace his daughters.
What happens
- The travelers hide their trail in a stream and reach Bloody Pond, where Hawkeye recalls a bloody battle.
- Heyward deceives a French sentry, but Chingachgook secretly kills and scalps the soldier after the party passes.
- Hawkeye leads the party into the mountains, where dawn reveals the besieged fort and Montcalm’s large camp.
- The travelers descend to use approaching fog as cover, following a cannonball’s track toward the fort.
- French troops challenge and pursue them; gunfire from the fort reveals that they are moving in the wrong direction.
- Alice calls to her father, who stops his troops from firing and emerges to embrace both daughters.
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