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The Pioneers, the first of five novels in the series The Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in two volumes in 1823. It began the saga of frontiersman Natty Bumppo, also called Leather-Stocking. In this narrative, however, Bumppo is an old man, as is his Indian friend Chingachgook; together they have seen the frontier change from wilderness to settlement, and they know that their way of life is about to vanish.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.