Someone is going to a lot of trouble to convince the townspeople that a witch has cursed them. A bell that rings by itself, a lame horse, milk with the taste of brimstone lead Hawkeye to search for the truth.
Lieutenant Briggs breaks the treaty by chasing a Native American beyond the recognized border.
Hawkeye has tracked outlaw Simon Girty to Morristown but he and Chingachgook are turned away.
A young lieutenant seeks blind vengeance for the brutal murders of his parents by the warmongering Shawnee.
