E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Natty Bumppo,
called “Leather Stocking.” He appears in five of Fenimore Cooper’s novels: as the Deerslayer; the Pathfinder; the Hawk-eye (La Longue Carabine), in the Last of the Mohicans; Natty Bumppo, in the Pioneers; and the Trapper in the Prairie, in which he dies.
