Magua motives and plans. Later he kills Uncas. He himself is then killed by Chingachgook, the father of Uncas. Other film versions similarly alter the final outcome of the novel. Magua Magua is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the novel "The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper. This historical novel is set at the time of the French and Indian War. A Huron Indian chief, he is also known by the French alias "Le Renard Subtil" ("The Wily Fox"). Magua is the enemy of Colonel Munro, the commandant of Fort William Henry, and attempts on several
P. S. Harrison Reports" acknowledged not to have been written by Harrison. The screenplay, adapted from the Novel by James Fenimore Cooper, was co-written by Harrison and producer E.B. Derr. It is the only known production credit for Harrison, and the only writing credit of Derr, who produced several dozen movies from 1930 to 1943 (and none afterward). That movie's review by "Variety" opined, "Harrison draws a complete blank as a producer-scenarist." P. S. Harrison P.S. Harrison (March 23, 1880 — 22 October 1966) , known popularly as Pete Harrison, founded the motion picture trade journal, "Harrison's Reports", which was published weekly from