Chingachgook Chingachgook Chingachgook is a fictional character in four of James Fenimore Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales, including "The Last of the Mohicans". Chingachgook was a lone Mohican chief and companion of the series' hero, Natty Bumppo. In "The Deerslayer", Chingachgook married Wah-ta-Wah, who bore him a son named Uncas, but died while she was still young. Uncas, who was at his birth "last of the Mohicans", grew to manhood but was killed in a battle with the Huron warrior Magua. Chingachgook died as an old man in the novel "The Pioneers", which makes him the actual "last of the Mohicans," having
Paul Fenimore Cooper Paul Fenimore Cooper Paul Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1899 – January 20, 1970) was an American writer of children's books and non-fiction, some based on his travels. His first book was a translation of Albanian folk tales. Paul Fenimore Cooper was born in Albany, New York, in 1899, the son of James Fenimore Cooper (1858–1938) and Susan Linn (Sage) Cooper (1866–1933). Her brother Henry M. Sage (1868–1933) became a state senator. Paul was a great-grandson of the novelist James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) and a great-great-grandson of William Cooper (1754–1809), the founder of Cooperstown, New York. He was also distantly related