The animal instincts of this character's dog Hector are contrasted with the pomposity of Dr. Bat, who claims to have discovered a monster which turns out to just be a donkey. This character finds some ivory chess pieces in a chest, which he uses to ransom two men who have been kidnapped. He travels with Hurry Harry to an ark where Tom Hutter lives with Judith and Hetty. A scene in which this character is certain that he has hit a (*) target at a hundred yards in a shooting match is criticized as unbelievable in a Mark Twain essay. This character disguises himself as a bear to rescue a prisoner from a cave, and kills the villainous Magua, in a novel in which he is friends with the title character, Uncas. For 10 point
The animal instincts of this character's dog Hector are contrasted with the pomposity of Dr. Bat, who claims to have discovered a monster which turns out to just be a donkey. This character finds some ivory chess pieces in a chest, which he uses to ransom two men who have been kidnapped. He travels with Hurry Harry to an ark where Tom Hutter lives with Judith and Hetty. A scene in which this character is certain that he has hit a (*) target at a hundred yards in a shooting match is criticized as unbelievable in a Mark Twain essay. This character disguises himself as a bear to rescue a prisoner from a cave, and kills the villainous Magua, in a novel in which he is friends with the title character, Uncas. For 10 points, name this frontiersman, the hero of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales.
The animal instincts of this character's dog Hector are contrasted with the pomposity of Dr. Bat, who claims to have discovered a monster which turns out to just be a donkey.
: Natty Bumppo [accept either name; or Nathaniel Bumppo; prompt on "Hawkeye," "Deerslayer," "La Longue Carabine," "Leatherstocking," "the trapper," or "Pathfinder"] 