Captain Willoughby, a retired British officer, settles his family on a remote estate in upstate New York and builds a fortified house on the Hutted Knoll. When the Revolution breaks out, divided loyalties, scheming neighbours and the brooding Tuscarora known as Wyandotté, whom the captain once had flogged, bring the war to his door.
A late Cooper frontier novel of loyalty and revenge; his portrayal of Native characters is very much of 1843. Download the free EPUB.