Someone is going to a lot of trouble to convince the townspeople that a witch has cursed them. A bell that rings by itself, a lame horse, milk with the taste of brimstone lead Hawkeye to search for the truth.
Hawkeye has tracked outlaw Simon Girty to Morristown but he and Chingachgook are turned away.
Lieutenant Briggs breaks the treaty by chasing a Native American beyond the recognized border.
A young lieutenant seeks blind vengeance for the brutal murders of his parents by the warmongering Shawnee.
