Hawkeye and Chingachgook call on Ben Franklin for help to prevent a dictator from taking over a frontier town.
Sent to investigate a complaint that Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys are committing crime verging on treason, Hawkeye and Chingachgook discover that the local sheriff and tax collector are victimising local settlers.
Little Snowbird falls into a deep trance after Hawkeye gives her a doll.
