This novel introduces Natty Bumppo as Deerslayer, a young frontiersman in early 18th-century New York. He is contrasted to other frontiersmen and settlers in the novel who have no compunctions in taking scalps in that his natural philosophy is that every living thing should follow the gifts of its nature-which would keep European Americans from taking scalps.
This novel introduces Natty Bumppo as Deerslayer, a young frontiersman in early 18th-century New York. He is contrasted to other frontiersmen and settlers in the novel who have no compunctions in taking scalps in that his natural philosophy is that every living thing should follow the gifts of its nature-which would keep European Americans from taking scalps.