The Last of the Mohicans Page #5

CAMERON:

Dear Father, thank you for rewardin'

the fruits of our labor with plenty.

Amen.

As they start to eat...

CUT TO:

EXT. CAMERON CABIN - MORNING

MOHAWK BOY & JAMES CAMERON

Slam into other kids as they battle through a Lacrosse game.

In the background are sixty men, women and children. It's a

community gathering held out of doors.

We've entered mid-scene. Captain Jack is standing on a box.

Some women and kids mill around some tables and boards laid

over barrels. Cooking fires. Smoke.

Most but not all around Captain Jack are men, nine settlers,

3 hunter/trappers, eight Mohawk farmers in mixed European

and native clothing. Off to the side are an English Lieutenant

on horseback and a ten-man escort from whatever regiment's

in Albany. A man named HENRI speaks in French. His son,

MARTIN, translates.

HENRI:

(O.S. in French)

MARTIN:

(translates)

My father says he was driven out of

France by the black robe priests and

he would fight them now but he lost

his arm and so I will go in his place.

Meanwhile...

ONGEWASGONE:

is an unusually large Mohawk in a blue match coat with a

little girl holding his hand. He says something to

Chingachgook who nods. Hawkeye and Uncas are a little apart

in an outer grouping of the men. Ongewasgone is a war chief

and wears a white plume and is tattooed. As Martin finishes,

he steps forward.

ONGEWASGONE:

John Cameron, thank you for your

hospitality...

Twin River Mohawk got no quarrel with Les Francais. Trade

furs with Les Francais. Now Les Francais bring Huron onto

Mohawk hunting grounds...

These people are English, Scots-Irish and Dutch farmers;

some French Huguenot "mechanics" (craftsmen). They're in

shirt-sleeves and Indian moccasins & leggings. The Mohawks'

vast lands and corn agriculture border the settlement. They

've been acculturated for over a hundred years. Some wear

European calico hunting shirts.

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