J. F. Cooper 200+ Word Manuscript Evocative of "Last of the Mohicans" So Grateful to an Indian Warrior

COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE. Autograph Manuscript, 1 p., n.p., n.d., 7.25” x 3.25”. A notation in another hand at lower right identifies the piece. Affixed to a slightly larger off-white card, toning throughout, repairs to a few areas of paper loss also affecting a few words, else Very Good.

Cooper’s manuscript, in part, “Peter turned neither to the right hand nor to the left, until he had led the way down [upon the little] arena of bottom land, already described, and which was found well sprinkled with savages. Most lay extended at length on the green sward, in the indolent repose that is so grateful to an Indian warrior, in his hours of inaction. 'There', said Peter, sternly, fastening his eye with a hostile expression on Bough of the Oak and Ungqu, in particular. There are your captives. Do with them as you will. As for them that have dared to question my faith, let them own that they are liars!'

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American novelist. When challenged by his wife to write, he created classics such as “The Last of the Mohicans” and “The Deerslayer”.

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