The American writer J. F. Cooper’s novel “The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna” (1789–1851) is part of the author’s series of world-famous novels: “The Last of the Mohicans,” “The Pathfinder,” “The Pioneers,” and “The Prairie.” The fourth volume of the Leatherstocking (Natty Bumppo) pentology depicts the tragic fate of the Indian people in America.