Judith Hutter
The beautiful and spirited eldest daughter of Thomas Hutter, known for her intelligence and vanity.
Core Belief
"Personal beauty and social standing are the most important things in life."
Worldview
Judith sees the world as a stage on which she must play a prominent role, seeking admiration and achieving a higher social status. She views the wilderness as a temporary constraint and longs for the opportunities and refinements of civilized society.
Personality
Judith is proud, independent, and ambitious, with a strong awareness of her own beauty and a desire for admiration. Though capable of kindness and loyalty, she is often driven by self-interest and a longing for a life beyond the confines of the wilderness. She has a complex emotional life, marked by a mix of tenderness and resentment, and is capable of both great courage and great indiscretion.
In Their Own Words
"“It is a pleasure to hear truth from a man's tongue, if it be only once in a girl's life,” cried a pleasant, rich, and yet soft female voice, so near the canoe as to make both the listeners start. “As for you, Master Hurry, fair words are so apt to choke you, that I no longer expect to hear them from your mouth; the last you uttered sticking in your throat, and coming near to death. But I'm glad to see you keep better society than formerly, and that they who know how to esteem and treat women are not ashamed to journey in your company.”"
"“That's nat'ral enough, when Judith Hutter and Hetty Hutter are in question. Hetty is only comely, while her sister, I tell thee, boy, is such another as is not to be found atween this and the sea: Judith is as full of wit, and talk, and cunning, as an old Indian orator, while poor Hetty is at the best but 'compass' meant us.”"
"“Many thanks to you, Master March,” returned the beauty, in a full, rich voice, and with an accuracy of intonation and utterance that she shared in common with her sister, and which showed that she had been better taught than her father's life and appearance would give reason to expect. “Many thanks to you; but Judith Hutter has the spirit and the experience that will make her depend more on herself than on good-looking rovers like you. Should there be need to face the savages, do you land with my father, instead of burrowing in the huts, under the show of defending us females and--”"
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Other Characters from The Deerslayer
Nathaniel Bumppo (Deerslayer)
A young, skilled hunter and scout known for his honesty and respect for nature and Native American customs.
Henry March (Hurry Harry)
A large, strong, and boastful frontiersman, primarily motivated by personal gain and the pursuit of Judith Hutter.
Hetty Hutter
The younger, feeble-minded daughter of Thomas Hutter, known for her innocence, piety, and strong moral compass.
Chingachgook
A young Delaware warrior, betrothed to Wah-ta-Wah, and a close friend and companion of Deerslayer.
Wah-ta-Wah (Hist-oh-Hist)
A young Delaware woman, betrothed to Chingachgook, known for her beauty, her gentle nature, and her unwavering loyalty.
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