# Colonel Munro — The Last of the Mohicans character guide

> Colonel Munro in The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Munro, Colonel Munro

**First appearance:** 0001-the-last-of-the-mohicans

## Snapshot

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.

## Who they are

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.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_of_the_mohicans_se/chapters/i)

Commander of Fort William Henry, requests reinforcements.

### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_of_the_mohicans_se/chapters/xv)

Defends Fort William Henry; bitter about Webb's inaction and Montcalm's capture of Hawkeye; tasks Heyward with the parley.

### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_of_the_mohicans_se/chapters/xvi)

Reveals Cora's mixed-race heritage and his own past; devastated by Webb's betrayal, he reluctantly agrees to surrender.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_of_the_mohicans_se/chapters/xvii)

Munro appears dejected after the surrender, moving across the plain to demand escort from Montcalm.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_of_the_mohicans_se/chapters/xviii)

Sunk into apathy after his losses; searches the dead with Heyward but remains silent and withdrawn.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_of_the_mohicans_se/chapters/xix)

Grieving and withdrawn, he is urged by Heyward to rest in a makeshift hut.

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_of_the_mohicans_se/chapters/xx)

Roused from apathy, suggests making for the rocks to fight, and distrusts French servants.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_of_the_mohicans_se/chapters/xxi)

Travels with the group, worried about his daughters' endurance.

### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_of_the_mohicans_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Sits bowed in grief at Cora's feet, later gathered to his fathers.

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