Talk:Natty Bumppo

Inasmuch as Chingachgook and Uncas have separate articles, so should Natty Bumppo!--Drboisclair 15:47, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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The University of Iowa does not differentiate between Men's and Women's sports teams regarding the team name. The "Lady Hawkeyes" do not exist, and this article has been changed to reflect this reality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Staatsicherheit (talk • contribs) 05:43, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Path toward improvement
I am really, really disappointed to see that someone would redirect this article. A character that gets over a 1,000 hits on Google Books and even more hits on Google Scholar, including ones that directly cover this specific character as "Like a Mirror Reflecting Itself: Natty Bumppo, The Virignian, and the Fate of the American …" and "The Last Real Man in America: From Natty Bumppo to Batman", that is the main character in a book studied in schools across the country and hailed as one of the greatest of all times, who has been adapted in OVER EIGHTEEN FILMS!! is notable and verifiable by any stretch of the imagination. Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 01:26, 4 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Personally, i find Cooper almost unreadable,  based on two or three attempts to read various novels. Even if I am typical, my personal views are  not the basis for Wikipedia coverage.  If his works are not appreciated   as much as they used to be, their historical importance in American literature is undeniable, and therefore we have all the more reason to cover them fully.  Certainly I think this character will be known even to those who have never tried to read the novels--he's a prototype of a major series of American character types.   I note that according to WP:BRD, having been boldly redirected and now reverted, it can not be redirected again without explicit consensus.    DGG ( talk ) 02:10, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Iowa Connection to Hawkeye
The claim that Iowa was nicknamed the Hawkeye state for reasons that have nothing to do with Natty Bumppo needs a citation, as this is the story that everyone tells in Iowa. 98.202.24.126 (talk) 23:55, 18 September 2010 (UTC)Gronteam

Wrong claim
"... try to stop the incessant conflict between the Mohicans and the Hurons." I don't think this claim is correct. 1. Except Chingachgook and Unkas, there are no Mohicans in the Leatherstocking tales. They no longer exist as an independent tribe, but live with the Delawares. There is, therefore, no "conflict between the Mohicans and the Hurons"; the two Mohicans fight with the Delawares and the English. 2. I don't remember any attempt of the two heroes to stop the conflict. Sometimes in the tales, it seems only natural to fight against the Hurons, as they are depicted as cruel and false.--178.249.4.232 (talk) 10:18, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

"One shot, one kill" Really?
Just like in the article on The Leatherstocking Tales, I have taken out the quoted phrase "one shot, one kill" from this article. In the first place, the phrase does not occur in any of the five books. Putting the phrase in quotes misleads readers to believe that the phrase occurs in the books or that the author Cooper uses it. I have seen more than one place on the internet that cites Wikipedia article on Natty Bumpko and/or The Leatherstocking Tales as evidence for the origin of the phrase. Clearly, it would be better to remove the phrase, because (a) it appears like a quote from the book(s), (b) it appears like a phrase from the character's mouth, (c) it is misleading to readers, (d) it is apparently an anachronism, (e) I believe that the general reader, unfamiliar with the modern term "one phrase, one shot" will expect to find the phrase in the books. 24.55.11.112 (talk) 22:00, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

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Mark Twain
Mark Twain scathingly satirized the Leatherstocking tales in his essay, Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses. Should there perhaps be a mention of that piece in this article?

70.89.176.249 (talk) 00:44, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Not here but I think it would be fair to mention in The Leatherstocking Tales article. WikiParker (talk) 22:24, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * It is already mention Coopers biography, where it primarily belongs. I agree than in this article it seems a bit off topic.--Kmhkmh (talk) 22:46, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Missing information
This article could use some talk about the age of Bumppo in the various books and his character development. Some of his feats would help with the story too I think. WikiParker (talk) 22:27, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, definitely. However this article could use a lot of work in general.--Kmhkmh (talk) 22:50, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Jess Bumppo?
The article mentions a "Jess Bumppo" as an offspring. What is the source for that? Count Robert of Paris (talk) 00:58, 10 August 2020 (UTC)