A reflection of indian life in the works of fenimore cooper

The Pathfinder, in full The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea, novel by James Fenimore Cooper, published in two volumes in 1840, the fourth of five novels published as The Leatherstocking Tales. In terms of the
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chronological narrative, The Pathfinder is third in the series.
Natty Bumppo is a 40-year-old wilderness scout living near Lake Ontario during the French and Indian War who comes to the aid of a British colonial garrison under attack. He dearly loves Mabel Dunham, daughter of a sergeant. Mabel refuses his offer of marriage because she loves his friend, Jasper Western (under suspicion of being a traitor), in large part because of his fluency in French