Chingachgook

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Gojko Mitic playing Chingachgook the Great Serpent, in an eponymous East German Western (1967)

Chingachgook was a fictional character in four of James Fenimore Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales, a lone Mohican chief and companion of the series' hero Natty Bumppo. Chingachgook married Wah-ta-Wah who bore him a son Uncas, but she died young. Uncas grew to manhood but was killed in a battle with renegade Magua. Chingackgook is the "last of the Mohicans", and this is quoted a lot throughout the book.

He dies as an old man in the novel "The Pioneers".

Chingachgook is said to have been modeled after a real-life wandering Mohican basket maker and hunter named Captain John. The fictional character, occasionally called John Mohegan in the series, was an idealized caricature of the traditional noble savage. The French often refer to Chingachgook as “Le Gros Serpent”, the Great Snake, because he understands the winding ways of men's nature and he can strike a sudden, deathly blow.

Chingachgook, played by Gojko Mitic, was the main character of a popular East German Western, Chingachgook the Great Serpent (1967) based on Cooper's novels. Chingachgook, in the (BSA)Order of the Arrow Legend was in fact the sole founder of the Organization and his son, Uncas was its propogator.