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Quotation from The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
“Where are the blossoms of those summers!—fallen, one by one; so all of my family departed, each in his turn, to the land of spirits. I am on the hilltop and must go down into the valley; and when Uncas follows in my footsteps there will no longer be any of the blood of the Sagamores, for my boy is the last of the Mohicans.”
The Last of the Mohicans, Chapter III (Project Gutenberg #940)
By the stream, Chingachgook tells Hawkeye of the passing of his people, just before Uncas appears.
Citation: "Where are the blossoms of those summers!—fallen, one by one; so all of my family departed, each in his turn, to the land of spirits. I am on the hilltop and must go down into the valley; and when Uncas follows in my footsteps there will no longer be any of the blood of the Sagamores, for my boy is the last of the Mohicans." — James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans, Chapter III (Project Gutenberg #940). (id the-last-of-the-mohicans-q1)
Portrait: The Last of the Mohicans title page (1826), James Fenimore Cooper, Public domain.
