Six Mile Point also known as Hickory Grove is a
geographic cape
In geography, a cape is a headland or a promontory of large size extending into a body of water, usually the sea.Whittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 80. . A cape usually represents a marked cha ...
extending into
Otsego Lake in the Town of
Otsego north of
Cooperstown, New York
Cooperstown is a village in and county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield. Located at the foot of Otsego Lake in the C ...
. Six Mile Point is the location in ''
The Deerslayer'' that Natty Bumppo makes an unsuccessful effort to escape from the Hurons.
Appearance in literature
Six Mile Point is mentioned in ''The Deerslayer''. After running south through the shallow waters along the shore for fifty yards,
Deerslayer
Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo is a fictional character and the protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper's pentalogy of novels known as the '' Leatherstocking Tales''.
Fictional biography
Natty Bumppo, the child of white parents, grew up among Delaware ...
was escaping the Hurons along the lake and began to move inland and climb the mountain, now known as
Red House Hill
Red House Hill is a mountain in the Central New York Region of New York. It is located south-southwest of the Hamlet of Springfield Center, New York, west of Hutter Point and Six Mile Point of Otsego Lake, and southeast of Rum Hill. Mohican ...
. At the top of the hill he hid under a log, and the Hurons passed him thinking he was gone. He then noticed he was surrounded on three sides and ran down the hill towards the lake, passing through the few Hurons left at Six Mile Point. He then jumped in his canoe and was soon captured by the Hurons.
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Landforms of Otsego County, New York