In this novel, Indian John dies after setting the mountainside on fire, and an old man is brought out of a cave and revealed to be Major Effingham.
The portico of a house in this novel was poorly designed, so that its columns are suspended a foot above the foundation. After accidentally shooting a hunter, one character bribes the slave Aggy with a visit from "Sant a Claus." A dog named Brave dies saving two women in this novel from a panther. A butler in this novel constantly speaks in nautical terms and annoys the housekeeper Remarkable Pettibone. In addition to Benny Pump, this novel's characters include Hiram Doolittle, who forces the woodsman Billy Kirby to help arrest a man for shooting a (*) deer out-of-season. In this novel, Indian John dies after setting the mountainside on fire, and an old man is brought out of a cave and revealed to be Major Effingham. First published but fourth chronologically in its series, this novel ends with Oliver Edwards marrying Elizabeth and Natty Bumppo leaving for the prairie. For 10 points, name this novel by James Fenimore Cooper about Marmaduke Temple, the founder of a frontier town.
The portico of a house in this novel was poorly designed, so that its columns are suspended a foot above the foundation.
The  Pioneers, or, the Sources of the Susquehanna