. The story of Cooperstown . wreck of the ark, and sawfluttering from a log a ribbon that had been wornby the lovely Judith Hutter. Here he tore awaythe ribbon and knotted it to the stock of Killdeer,which had been the gift of the girl herself. Toward the foot of the lake the eastern hillsand shore belong to scenes of Leather-Stockingselder days, as described in The Pioneers. Northof Lakewood Cemetery a climb up the precipitousmountainside leads to Natty Bumppos Cave,which, with some poetic license in his treatment ^ For the purpose of the story, as he explains in the prefaceof The Deerslayer,
. The story of Cooperstown . wreck of the ark, and sawfluttering from a log a ribbon that had been wornby the lovely Judith Hutter. Here he tore awaythe ribbon and knotted it to the stock of Killdeer,which had been the gift of the girl herself. Toward the foot of the lake the eastern hillsand shore belong to scenes of Leather-Stockingselder days, as described in The Pioneers. Northof Lakewood Cemetery a climb up the precipitousmountainside leads to Natty Bumppos Cave,which, with some poetic license in his treatment ^ For the purpose of the story, as he explains in the prefaceof The Deerslayer, Cooper places the sunken island farthersouth, nearly opposite to Hutters Point, and at a greaterdistance from the shore than its real situation. THE LAKLE OF ROMANCE AND FISHERMEN 391 of its dimensions, the novelist employs as a settingfor the final climax of his story. To the platformof rock over the cave, as a refuge from the forestfire, Leather-Stocicing guided Elizabeth Templeand Edwards, and carried the dying Chingach-. Gravelly Point gook. On this spot, with his glazing eyes fixedupon the western hills, the last of the Mohicansyielded up his spirit. Here was the scene of Cap-tain Hollisters charge at the head of the Temple-ton Light Infantry, so swiftly followed by therevelation of the mystery which the caveconcealed. Not far from the spot upon which the Leather- 392 THE STORY OF COOPERSTOWN Stocking monument now stands, near the mainentrance of Lakewood cemetery, the log hut ofLeather-Stocking stood, and afterward, accord-ing to the story, Chingachgook was buried southward, the road that branches off toascend Mount Vision is the one by which JudgeTemple and his daughter approached the villagein the opening scene of the story, and it was dur-ing their descent from the upper level of thisroad that the buck was shot by Edwards andLeather-Stocking, when Judge Temples marks-manship had failed. Near the branching of thisroad a stairway climbs the mountain, and r
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