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Patriarch of the Native American Delaware village neighboring the Huron village, in the second half of the novel, Tamenund orders that Cora be taken off by Magua, since she is “rightly” Magua’s prisoner. Tamenund also orders that Hawkeye, Alice, and Heyward be set free, as the Delaware have no quarrel with Uncas or his friends.
Tamenund Quotes in The Last of the Mohicans
The The Last of the Mohicans quotes below are all either spoken by Tamenund or refer to Tamenund. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 33 Quotes
Go, children of the Lenape, the anger of the Manitou is not done. Why should Tamenund stay? The pale-faces are masters of the earth, and the time of the redmen has not yet come again. My day has been too long. In the morning I saw the sons of Unamis [the Mohicans] happy and strong; and yet, before the night has come, have I lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans.
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Tamenund Character Timeline in The Last of the Mohicans
The timeline below shows where the character Tamenund appears in The Last of the Mohicans. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 28
...Delaware village to enter and speak to them. The Delawares slowly aid their great patriarch Tamenund, who will grace Magua with his presence and speak with Magua about the prisoners. After...
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Chapter 29
...are united in a common purpose because of their shared ancestry. Magua then defers to Tamenund, saying that it is time for the Delaware patriarch to speak.
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Tamenund, accepting the compliments Magua has bestowed upon the Delaware people, states succinctly that Magua may...
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Cora also asks that Tamenund hear the words of Uncas, who has as yet not left the prison-lodge; that Uncas,...
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Chapter 30
Uncas enters the circle and pays obeisance to Tamenund, who castigates Uncas for partnering with the Yengeese (the English), against whom this particular strand...
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Tamenund therefore says that Uncas is one of them, and Uncas, in response, presents Hawkeye, “La...
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...arrange for Munro and the English to pay a large ransom on Cora’s behalf. But Tamenund says that this justice is “inviolable.” Hawkeye says that he will renounce his weapon, give...
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...and the rest of the band are horrified at the thought of losing Cora, but Tamenund has so ruled, and the rest of the members of the band recognize that his...
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Chapter 33
...ceremony, Munro sits with Cora’s body in one ring, and Chingachgook with Uncas’s in another. Tamenund, patriarch of the Delawares, rises to speak, saying that Manitou, the gracious God of the...
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...says that this “hunter” is now in the eternal “hunting-grounds” where he might find peace. Tamenund, in the closing words of the novel, says that, earlier that morning, he saw Uncas...
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