- Epigraph from The Iliad about how kings obey wise men.
- Heyward is incorrect in his last assumption; Uncas comes over for a chat and pushes Heyward to the door.
- Heyward wanders around looking for Alice, with no luck. He goes to find David.
- He returns to the lodge to find all the chiefs reassembled.
- One of the warriors asks him to examine his wife, who is sick. Heyward skillfully dodges the issue.
- The chiefs are ready to leave when Magua walks in the door.
- After ten minutes of smoking and chilling, one of the chiefs asks Magua if he found a moose.
- Magua tells them that Reed-that-bends should go meet those returning from the hunting party.
- Awkward silence.
- The father of Reed-that-bends stands up and claims he has no son, then leaves to grieve in peace.
- One of the chiefs tells Magua that the Delawares have been prowling around. He indicates Uncas.
- The two Indians look at each other.
- Their look turns into a death stare.
- Magua calls out, "Le Cerf Agile!" This is Uncas's famous name.
- All the warriors jump up, scared.
- All of them awkwardly check Uncas out.
- Uncas smiles.
- Magua cries out in English: "Mohican, you die!"
- Uncas throws shade back.
- Magua gives a long and impassioned speech calling for Uncas's death.
- Magua is a fantastic public speaker. One particularly compelled warrior jumps up with an axe and runs over to Uncas.
- Magua tries to stop the blow, and only partially succeeds. Uncas gets a haircut.
- Magua tells them that Uncas should die in the morning. Famous last words, right?
- Magua leaves. Heyward is relieved.
- The chief who had asked for Heyward's supposed medical advice gets up to leave and beckons Heyward to follow.
- Heyward is glad to be out in the fresh air. The chief heads to the base of a mountain, taking a small and crooked path. The boys from earlier have resumed playing their game.
- They have set a fire that lends an eerie quality to the scene.
- A "dark and mysterious looking being" comes out and blocks their path.
- It turns out to be a bear. Heyward's Huron escort continues nonplussed. Heyward emulates him. He's heard that Indians like to domesticate bears.
- Coolest pet ever?
- The two stop at the base of a mountain, where the Indian chief enters a cavern.
- The bear is following them. Heyward is nervous.
- The caverns have been subdivided into various different rooms. The Hurons keep most of their valuables here.
- A sick woman is lying in bed surrounded by women and the missing David Gamut.
- After one glance, Heyward is certain the woman is too sick to save. She is lying in paralysis. David plays and sings a song.
- Heyward hears some creepy noises. Looking around, he spots the bear in the other side of the cavern signing/dancing along to the music.
- Okay, now we want a domesticated bear. We'd definitely make him give us piggyback (beary-back?) rides.
- David is overcome and says: "She expects you, and is at hand," and then leaves.