21 Four Indian Kings

Iroquois History and Legends

Andrew James Cotter

Canadian History, Iroquois, History, North American History, First Nations, Religion & Spirituality, American History, Education, Six Nations, Native America, Christianity, Native American, Indian History, Colonial History, Haudenosaunee

4.8 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In 1710 Queen Anne of Great Britain and Ireland met with four Indian "Kings" Listen to this hilarious episode covering one of the largest deceptions of the 18th century. Four random Native American men will become Super Stars in London. Rich and poor alike, everyone wants to meet the Four Kings.

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Thanks to Michael Galban at Ganondagan State Historic Site.

IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER BY TIMOTHY J. SHANNON

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to Iroquois History and Legends. I'm Andrew.
0:25.2	And I'm Caleb.
0:26.0	And welcome to episode 21 for Indian Kings.
0:30.2	Now, third time's a charm, right, Andrew?
0:32.0	That's right, Caleb.
0:32.9	This is actually the third time we've recorded this episode, the first time, we thought it was great,
0:38.8	and then we listened to it, and we didn't hit the record button or something.
0:41.5	No, it had a horrible echo in it.
0:43.0	So then we recorded it again, and we're very happy with it, but then we stopped by Ganan again
0:48.2	and talked to their story in there, and he pointed us to a bunch more information.
0:53.4	And after we penned through it, we realized we got to record this whole thing.
0:57.8	So here we are again.
0:59.5	Also, this was going to be a 15, 20 minute episode.
1:02.0	Now it's going to be a full-length episode.
1:04.1	I think the first thing we need to get out of the way, Caleb, is the Iroquois Confederacy.
1:09.2	They don't have kings.
1:12.6	So why are we talking about four Indian kings this week? Well, because this is being told from a English perspective. And the best way to get
1:20.4	people back in London to recognize how important these Indian chiefs are is to call them kings.
1:27.2	Because in their head,
1:28.9	they think of a king as a monarch that controls huge territories and many people.
1:34.0	So I think we need to back up and figure out how the heck these four Indian kings end up in London.
1:39.6	So in our last episode, Caleb, we talked about the great peace of Montreal in 1701 and how the five
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