The Last of the Mohicans · Character

Colonel Munro

A Scottish veteran commanding Fort William Henry, whose pride in blood and rank runs as deep as his tenderness for the two daughters under his care.

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Also known as Munro, Colonel Munro

First appearance: the last of the mohicans

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Commander of Fort William Henry, requests reinforcements.

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Munro governs his garrison with the stiff dignity of an old soldier and the wounded memory of a man who has already buried a wife and a reputation's worth of happiness. When Heyward asks for Alice's hand, Munro's response veers from bluster about thistles and chivalry to a confession of old grief, revealing a father whose love is tangled with suspicion and loss. His command decisions in the novel's middle stretch — and his refusal to be merely a soldier when his children are at stake — make him the hinge on which the siege's human cost turns.

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Commander of Fort William Henry, requests reinforcements.
Chapter XV
Defends Fort William Henry; bitter about Webb's inaction and Montcalm's capture of Hawkeye; tasks Heyward with the parley.
Chapter XVI
Reveals Cora's mixed-race heritage and his own past; devastated by Webb's betrayal, he reluctantly agrees to surrender.
XVII
Munro appears dejected after the surrender, moving across the plain to demand escort from Montcalm.
XVIII
Sunk into apathy after his losses; searches the dead with Heyward but remains silent and withdrawn.
XIX
Grieving and withdrawn, he is urged by Heyward to rest in a makeshift hut.
XX
Roused from apathy, suggests making for the rocks to fight, and distrusts French servants.
XXI
Travels with the group, worried about his daughters' endurance.
XXXIII
Sits bowed in grief at Cora's feet, later gathered to his fathers.

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