Hawkeye finds out that his brother has joined the British army and is now a "redcoat."

Hawkeye and Chingachgook find a group of new settlers, trapped in the Huron's territory.

The Delaware tribe, friends of Chingachcook, are framed for a murder they didn't commit.

Hawkeye and Chingachcook find Wenatchgo, an old and respected medicine man, wandering in the forest; they discover that the elderly man has been driven out of the tribe by a younger and ambitious rival.

Hawkeye and Chingachkook rescue an elderly woman from two Indians who have kidnapped her and were about to take her back to their tribe.