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 | | Despite obvious and significant differences between the movie and the novel, some scholar's argue that Cooper's conclusion is not unlike the movie's; though he may have regretted the passing of a valiant people, they believe that for him the triumph of the new civilization unquestionably justified what had to happen. |
 | | In effect, the inglorious defeat and massacre at Fort William Henry, like Custer's last stand and the Alamo, calls for retribution; justice is obtained by conquering the enemy that perpetrated the outrage and, in the case of the French, Indians, and Mexicans, annexing their lands. |
 | | The movie, The Last of the Mohicans, was made in the United States by the Frenchman, Maurice Tourneur, along with Clarence Brown, in 1920. |
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