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Iroquois History and Legends

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Apr 25, 2017

Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario and Fort William Henry on the south end of Lake George will face massive French and Indian armies.  Will they survive?

Sources:

THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA BY FRED ANDERSON

THE PAPERS OF SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON BY WILLIAM JOHNSON

THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN...


Apr 18, 2017

Braddock was defeated in Western Pennsylvania in 1755.  The same time that he was bleeding out, two other armies were making their way through Iroquois territory towards French forts.  Will they do any better?  This week we cover how the Mohawk were involved in the Battle of Lake George and the Fall of Fort...


Apr 5, 2017

British General Edward Braddock launches an invasion into the Ohio Country in Summer of 1755.  His aide George Washington is with him every step of the way.  Despite a force of 2,100 English. He only is able to find 8 Mingo-Iroquois to join him.  A lack of scouts will prove to be his doom.

Sources:

THE WAR THAT MADE...


Apr 2, 2017

The Year is 1753 and the French, English, and the Mingo Iroquois are about to light a powder keg that will turn into a world war.  A 21 year old soldier sets out to deliver a message with an Iroquois Viceroy to a French Fort.

Sources:

THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA BY FRED ANDERSON

GUYASUTA AND THE FALL OF INDIAN AMERICA...