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I thought the movie was incredibly accurate in overall use of little historical details mixed in. The French success in forming Indian alliances through gift-giving was reflected in the earliest scene with Le Marquis, the movie made very clear how the Huron were hurt by the terms of surrender at Ft. William Henry, the Mohawk were shown to be the most cooperative nation of Iroquois with the British during the rally on the farm at the beginning of the movie, and so on... - JT Newcomb | I thought the movie was incredibly accurate in overall use of little historical details mixed in. The French success in forming Indian alliances through gift-giving was reflected in the earliest scene with Le Marquis, the movie made very clear how the Huron were hurt by the terms of surrender at Ft. William Henry, the Mohawk were shown to be the most cooperative nation of Iroquois with the British during the rally on the farm at the beginning of the movie, and so on... - JT Newcomb | ||
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| + | I think this movie is also a "success" in its historical accuracy overall. I mean, I think we can all see what is there primarily for cinematic effect. But, for as complicated as inter-tribe relations and Native American-Euro relations were by the mid 18th century, I think "Mohicans" did a commendable job at portraying these relationships, allegiances, and consequences well. Details of costuming and battle styles were pretty much spot on (except, as many have pointed out, in terms of Hawkeye's 100% target accuracy). The attitudes of frontiersmen were portrayed (if not a little too obviously) accurately as well. My only question... How did a Scotsmen become a high ranking officer in the British army? I know Col. Munro was a historical figure, but I really would not expect that from the highly tyrannical and prejudice British at this time. Granted, maybe the Americas were a different story because I know of French rel. refugee who became a governor of Massachusetts ... but I am still curious. --A. Jackie Reed | ||
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