In war, he is darling, boastful, cunning, ruthless, self-denying, and self-devoted; in peace, just, generous, hospitable, revengeful, superstitious, modest, and commonly chaste. - P9
Few men exhibit greater diversity, or, if we may so express it, greater antithesis of character, than the native warrior of North America. - P9
Still there is so much obscurity in the Indian names, as to render some explanation useful. - P9
INTRODUCTIONIt is believed that the scene of this tale, and most of the information necessary to understand its allusions, are rendered sufficiently obvious to the reader in the text itself, or in the accompanying notes. - P9
■ 저자 소개 제임스 페니모어 쿠퍼(James Fenimore Cooper,1789년 ~ 1851년)는 미국의 소설가입니다. 내티 범포(Natty Bumppo)를 주인공으로 하는 5편의 변경 로맨스가 가장 유명하며 모험적 로맨스에 능했습니다.