The Last of the Mohicans Mohicans" has been James Fenimore Cooper's most popular work. It has continued as one of the most widely read novels throughout the world, and it has influenced popular opinion about American Indians and the frontier period of eastern American history. The romanticized images of the strong, fearless, and ever resourceful frontiersman (i.e., Natty Bumppo), as well as the stoic, wise, and noble "red man" (i.e., Chingachgook) were notions derived from Cooper's characterizations more than from anywhere else. The phrase, "the last of the Mohicans", has come to represent the sole survivor of a noble race or type. In the "M*A*S*H"
The Last of the Mohicans (TV series) is killed, the very last line in the serial is where Chingachook says in a sad voice "I am the last of the Mohicans". The serial was responsible for popularising the term "Mohican hairstyle" for what is known as a Mohawk hairstyle in the US, although it was actually worn by the Hurons not the Mohicans in the serial. This production was released on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK. In 1973 the BBC made a sequel "Hawkeye, the Pathfinder", also with Abineri as Chingachook but with Paul Massie as Hawkeye. It is considered by some people to be the