Hawkeye finds out that his brother has joined the British army and is now a "redcoat". However, when he is murdered by a treacherous Indian companion, Hawkeye seeks revenge.
Hawkeye and Chingachgook find a group of new settlers, trapped in the Huron's territory. Greedy scout Jake Flint makes a deal with Hurons and together they force other white people to work for them almost as slaves.
The Delaware tribe, friends of Chingachcook, are framed by white men for a murder they didn't commit. Hawkeye sets out to catch the real killers and prove the tribe's innocence.
Tom Morgan and his father are attacked by Hurons. Tom runs away in fear leaving his wounded father behind. Labeled a coward by his father and the rest of the village he flees.
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys are at war with the ruthless tax collectors, a bunch of outlaws, more Robin Hood than the Dalton gang. But when the authorities start to pin their misdeeds on them, Hawkeye must sort it out.
Someone is going to a lot of trouble to convince the townspeople that a witch has cursed them. A bell that rings by itself, a lame horse, milk with the taste of brimstone lead Hawkeye to search for the truth.
Hawkeye and Chingachcook find Wenatchgo, an old and respected medicine man, wandering in the forest. They discover that the elderly man has been driven out of the tribe by a younger and ambitious rival.
Hawkeye and Chingachkook rescue an elderly woman from two Indians who have kidnapped her and were about to take her back to their tribe. She asks the two for help in finding her son, who had been kidnapped 18 years previously by the same tribe.
Hawkeye and Chingachcook set out to help a young Indian boy who has been raised by a white man, but they soon discover that the boy is the long-lost son of a Cree tribal chief.
Army payroll messengers are found dead, murdered by a gang of bandits, and the payroll stolen. In order to find the killers, Hawkeye and Chingachcook go undercover as managers of a local trading post.
Needed winter supplies are being stolen before they can reach the village. Tim, a simple-minded man, is made to believe he killed someone and when he flees he becomes an easy scapegoat.
Carpenter foolishly travels into the wilderness to establish a new settlement called Carpenterville. Hawkeye suspects that the Mohawk guide is really a renegade working with the Hurons. Hawkeye and Chingachgook attempt to prevent disaster.
A young soldier is accused of stealing new breech loading rifles and selling them to the Indians. He is being tried for treason unless Hawkeye can discover the truth.
Tolliver and his outlaw gang of former pirates has kidnapped two women and demanded a ransom of 1000 pounds. Hawkeye infiltrates the gang in an attempt to get them back.
Chief Black Wolf and his tribe are accused of breaking the treaty. It is up to Hawkeye and Chingachgook to clear them. Things are complicated by an inexperienced, by the book, young officer.
Fortune hunters seek a treasure rumored to have belonged to the French explorer La Salle. They ask Hawkeye to lead them but when he discovers that it is in a sacred Dakota burial ground he tries to dissuade them.
Lt. Briggs breaks the treaty by chasing an Indian beyond the recognized border. Led into an ambush he escapes but his militiamen are captured. Hawkeye and Chingachgook are assigned to escort him to his court-martial and probable hanging.
Hawkeye has tracked outlaw Simon Girty to Morristown but he and Chingachgook are turned away and told that the town is closed due to an outbreak of the black plague. Hawkeye decides to sneak in and see for himself.
Hawkeye and Chingachgook escort young Greg to the boy's Aunt Emma and Uncle Mort. Greg's parents are recently decease, making him the sole heir to a valuable mine. However, there have been numerous attempts to attack Greg, and Hawkeye and Chingachgook suspect the Uncle...but proving it is another matter.
Ever since Lt. Smith joined Col. Courtney's command, unexplained Indian deaths have increased, and threatens to ignite a war between the colonial forces and the Iroquois nation.
