<I>The Last of the Mohicans</I> is a classic portrait of a man of moral courage who severs all connections with a society whose values he can no longer accept. Despite his chosen exile the frontier scout Natty Bumppo known as 'Hawkeye' risks his life to escort two sisters through hostile Indian country. On this dangerous journey he enlists the aid of the Mohican Chingachgook. And in the challenging ordeal that follows in their encounters with deception brutality and the deaths of loved ones the friendship between the two men deepens-the scout and the Indian each with a singular philosophy of independence that has been nurtured and shaped by the silent virgin forest.