The Last of the Mohicans and ultimately capture the Huron village, but Magua escapes with Cora and two other Hurons; Uncas, Hawk-eye, and Heyward pursue them up to a high mountain. In a fight at the edge of a cliff, Cora, Uncas, and Magua are killed. The novel concludes with a lengthy account of the funerals of Uncas and Cora, and Hawk-eye reaffirms his friendship with Chingachgook. Tamenund prophesies: "The pale-faces are masters of the earth, and the time of the red-men has not yet come again...". According to Susan Fenimore Cooper, the author's eldest daughter, Cooper first conceived the idea for the book while
The Last of the Mohicans Serpent"), starring Gojko Mitić as Chingachgook, appeared in East Germany in 1967, and became popular throughout the Eastern Bloc. In 1977, Lake George Opera presented an opera version "The Last of the Mohicans" by composer Alva Henderson. Classic Comics #4, "The Last of the Mohicans", first published 1942. Marvel Comics has published two versions of the story: in 1976 a one-issue version as part of their "Marvel Classics Comics" series (issue #13). In 2007, they published a six-issue mini-series to start off the new "Marvel Illustrated" series. Famed manga artist Shigeru Sugiura wrote and illustrated a very loose manga adaptation