28 The French and Indian War III: Mohawks and Tomahawks

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

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🗓️ 18 April 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

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 Bull.

Sources:

THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA BY FRED ANDERSON

GUYASUTA AND THE FALL OF INDIAN AMERICA BY BRADY J. CRYTZER

THE PAPERS OF SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON BY WILLIAM JOHNSON

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1:17.3	Music Hello, everyone, and welcome to Iroquois History and Legends. I'm Andrew and I'm Caleb and you
1:46.3	are listening to part three in a several part series we were doing on the French and Indian War.
1:51.8	Last time General Braddock and his 1300 British soldiers were in a flying column marching
1:56.9	towards Fort Duquesne where they are ambush kind of, and soundly defeated by a group
2:03.2	of Native Americans. Now, on top of Braddock losing many of his men and his own life,
2:08.7	this defeat is going to have much more serious consequences besides money and men, and that is
2:15.5	his personal secret mission log was captured, therefore giving the
2:20.8	French knowledge of where all the troops are going to be stationed and strategic points that
2:26.2	the British are attempting to capture. And this isn't even the last debacle that the British are
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