of William Henry, the book was full of lies that lead tomurder.I learnt allot from reading this book. I did not know anything about thehistory of the Indians. I had no idea they had such strong alliances with the Frenchand the English. The fact that the Indians could look at the print of a moccasin andknow what tribe the owner of the print belonged to amazes me. The navigationalskills of the Indians seamed unreal. If the book is accurate, they seem to haveknown every inch of woods as if they had been there many times before. Theyalways seemed very aware of their surroundings and never ever panicked. Some of the things I learnt from the book were rather gruesome ordepressing. For example, at the start of the Massacre of William Henry, one of theHuron’s took a baby from one of the English mothers and smashed its head openon a rock. The Indian then took his tomahawk to the head of the mother and killedher too. I was also disappointed to learn that scalping was a very common practiceamong the natives. I always knew it happened but I had no idea it was such aregular occurrence. Also the fact that the Europeans came to America and got theIndians drunk and then exploited them is a sad thing.Looking back on the book, I think it was very good. The story was excellentand their little encounters along the way were exciting. Their were something’sabout the book that I didn’t really care for. James Cooper tends to write very long,descriptive sentences with many comas. So many comas that by the end of thesentence your not really sure what you just read. Once you get used to that thebook becomes easier to read and is more enjoyable. The other thing I didn’t carefor about the book were the parts that were in French and the author offered notranslation. The author also calls the Indians by several different names and thatgets to be confusing.All that aside, the book was fun to read. The ending was excellent. Coraand Uncas are b...
