Masterpiece Theatre In 1757, half sisters Alice and Cora Munro set out on a journey to join their father, the British commander of Fort William Henry, located on the New York frontier. Unfortunately for the two damsels it will be a long and treacher... (more)ous journey filled with peril at the hands of hostile Native American tribesmen. Helping the two sisters along the way are frontier scout Hawkeye and his two Native American companions, Uncas and Chingachgook.