Mahican track and casinos, private interests and other tribes opposed the deal. James Fenimore Cooper based his novel, "The Last of the Mohicans", on the Mahican tribe. His description includes some cultural aspects of the Mohegan, a different Algonquian tribe that lived in eastern Connecticut. Cooper set his novel in the Hudson Valley, Mahican land, but used some Mohegan names for his characters, such as Uncas. The novel has been adapted for the cinema more than a dozen times, the first time in 1920. Michael Mann directed a 1992 adaptation, which starred Daniel Day-Lewis as a Mohican-adopted white man. Mahican The
The Pathfinder (1952 film) <br> Jay Silverheels ... Chingachgook <br> Walter Kingsford ... Col. Duncannon <br> Rodd Redwing ... Chief Arrowhead <br> Stephen Bekassy ... Col. Brasseau <br> Elena Verdugo ... Lokawa <br> Bruce Lester ... Capt. Clint Bradford <br> Chief Yowlachie ... Eagle Feather <br> John Hart ... French Sergeant <br> Lyle Talbot ... French Ship Captain <br> Edward Coch ... Uncas The Pathfinder (1952 film) The Pathfinder is a 1952 Technicolor adventure western film inspired by "The Pathfinder" by James Fenimore Cooper. Produced by Sam Katzman for Columbia Pictures the film stars George Montgomery. At the beginning of the French and Indian