Chapter 27 Summary

The Indians guarding the prisoner creep in to see the bewitched man. It only takes a few minutes for David to move his foot near the fire. That might have worked until he turned his head and the guards knew they had been tricked. The yell of anger wakes the whole village. Magua is called for and no one knows where he is. The deception is explained to the chiefs. They check the cavern and find the sick woman. She is dead.

They find Magua and cut his bonds. He is very angry and even his friends are wary of him. The chiefs blame the Delaware, and Magua tells them it was Hawkeye, "Le Longue Carabine." When the girls were brought, they were separated. Magua kept Alice close to him so that he had power over Cora.

The young men want to attack...