ut Magua's past. He tells about Magua's great power as a former Indian Chief among his people but took to alcohol and was driven from his tribe. With this information, the reader may deduce that the once powerful Magua seeks to regain the same level of authority and control now that he has lost his position. The other piece of information given of his past is in reference to his hatred for Colonel Munro. At a point previous to where the novel begins, Magua had been under the command of Munro at the fort. After spending a night of drinking the "fire water," Magua returns to the camp drunk. An angry Munro orders that Magua is whipped for returning in such a sad and sloppy state. For Magua, He believed that God had given him the fire water to drink as he saw fit, thus believing Munro had no right to beat him for drinking. The bitter resentment Magua harbored towards Munro after that incident is what fuels his actions to attempt to murder him and "wipe out the grey haired seed forever." To Magua, the entire British people were now the enemy because of the maltreatment he suffered under the hands of a British Colonel.
             Magua's romantic interest in Cora is an extremely important aspect in the plot of the novel. Much of his actions towards the end of the novel are i
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