Summary Of The Movie Hawkeye

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During the time of the French and Indian war, this movie shows the main character, Hawkeye, a Mohican, who saves two daughters of the British commander, Colonel Munro. He does this when the British commander and his army are ambushed by a bunch of Indians that are on the French’s side. Hawkeye saves Munro’s two daughters and flees the danger of the attack with them. They run back to the British fort, and there Hawkeye is thrown in jail. Once the British march back out with Hawkeye as a prisoner, they are ambushed again by the same group, and when this happens, Hawkeye escapes, and saves one of the daughters from certain death. They get in boats and row away, until they fake their death by throwing their canoes over a waterfall, and go

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