Hello and welcome to Iroquois History and Legends.

This is Andrew.

And this is Caleb.

And welcome to our 37th episode, which is our third

in our series on the Hodi Nishone in the Revolutionary War. Now, where did we leave off last week,

Andrew? Last time, we discussed how the Six Nations were being pulled in a lot of different

directions. Men like Gaiasuta and the Council of the 50 Sachems wanted to stay out of this conflict and remain neutral.

But once again, battle lines are being drawn.

People are being forced to choose sides.

And we are going to see this battlefield look eerily similar to the French and Indian War.

In fact, we are going to start off the Northern

Campaign and the Revolutionary War in the exact same spots as the French and Indian War,

and in particular, Fort Ticonderoga on the south end of Lake Champlain. This fort and this

lake have been in our podcast from day one. Several episodes back when we were in the

French and Indian War, we talked about Fort Caroline. Fort Ticonderoga is in the exact same

spot. It's just been beefed up for the next generation of fights. But we can go all the way back to

the 1600s. And if you remember our episode on Samuel D. Champlain, at one point,

he gets convinced by his Algonquian allies to canoe down to Mohawk territory. And at one point,

he opens up his rifle and he shoots several Mohawk chiefs dead on the spot. And this is in the exact same spot of this fort.

It's just amazing how over hundreds of years we just keep coming back to this same spot.

So let's talk about Fort Ticonderoga.

Now the name actually means between two hills.

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