War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding

right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its

size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

Here is your host, James Early.

Music host, James Early. Hello and welcome back to Key Battles of American History.

Well, in our last episode, as I'm sure you noticed, I did a discussion of the movie

The Last of the Mohicans, the 1992 version, with my co-host

Jacob Her.

And it went a little long, so I decided to split it into two halves.

So what you're about to hear is the second half of our review and discussion of the movie,

bringing it to its epic and amazing conclusion.

So here we are with Part 2. Enjoy.

All right, Jacob, let me continue on.

So let's talk about what's going on in the French camp.

In the French camp, Magua tells the French commander, General Montgomery, who we met in our last

battle episode.

He's played by a French actor named Patrice Scherot, who we met in our last battle episode. He's played by a French

actor named Patrice Scherot, who is also deceased, if I remember correctly. Anyway, so Magua tells

Montcalm that Webb does not know of the siege of Fort William Henry, and he also tells

Montcalm that he hates Monroe, who he calls the gray hair, which is appropriate because he has gray hair.

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