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even the pigeons main food source.

He sees settlers like Richard Jones who cuts to large of holes for sap in

maple trees which eventually kills the trees. When the trees begin to die he

cuts the trees down for fire wood with out a second thought. He doesn’t even

consider the resource he is depleting.

Judge Temple does realize the destruction that is taking place but out

of pure hypocrisy refuses to do anything because of land scheme activities.

Although Bumpo is against the depletion of wildlife and natural

resources, he also gets caught up in the excitement of the hunt, when he and

Oliver Edwards and Chingachgook kill a deer out of season and Bumpo is

later punished for it.

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In this book politics plays a part. The judge does not like Bumpo and

has had it out for him. It is safe to say local politics definitely dominated in

this time period. States rights was the prominent theme and the federal

government was something that most people did not have everyday contact

with so they could not directly relate to. Therefore the daily encounter with

local officials made the local government have a much greater impact on the

everyday lives of the average town’s person.

In my opinion this book was written by a man who loved nature and

the wonderful world of the frontier. Not only was this book a story of Natty

Bumpo it was a handbook to warn people to respect the world around you

and conserve nature. Once the animals and countryside of our beautiful

country is gone it will be lost forever.