42 The American Revolution VII: Drums Along the Mohawk

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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🗓️ 24 December 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Spies are everywhere in 1778 on both sides of the conflict. Joseph Brant leads Iroquois forces against Patriot settlements throughout Upstate New York. Conversely American and Oneida soldiers launch counter attacks against Brant's supporting towns in Iroquoia.

Sources:

Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution by Joseph T. Glatthaar and James Kirby Martin

The Papers of General George Washington

Joseph Brant, 1743-1807, Man of Two Worlds By Isabel Thompson Kelsay

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Iroquois History and Legends. This is Andrew. And this is Caleb. And welcome to
0:18.9	Part 7 on our series on the Eriquois influence in the
0:23.0	American Revolution. Last time, Caleb, we talked about Valley Forge and how the Oneida nation had
0:28.8	gone down to assist George Washington and Lafayette. That's right, George Washington was starving
0:34.6	after a long cold winter and who knows what would have happened if Pauolly Cooper and 50 Oneida had come down with a supply of corn to tie them over until the new formed American government could get them the supplies and resources that they needed.
0:48.3	So now we're going to head back up into upstate New York and southern Pennsylvania and talk about what's happening back in the
0:54.8	Six Nation homeland. Andrew, let's introduce our first new character to the story that's unfolding.
1:02.5	This guy is a pretty amazing guy, and I'll go ahead and give you one of his names. A lot of people
1:09.0	knew him by the name of Good Peter.
1:12.0	Was he a good guy? He was arguably a very good guy. He was an Oneida chief. He was also a
1:18.5	devout Christian missionary. In some of our past episodes, we mentioned a guy named Ebenezer Wheellock
1:25.3	and Samuel Kirkland. And this guy, Good Peter, he was actually converted by these people.
1:31.3	And then they kind of gave him this English name Good Peter,
1:34.3	because he became a Christian and wanted to go out and spread good news to the world.
1:38.3	And ironically, this doesn't tie in the story much, but he had a son, and you know what his son's name was?
1:43.3	Good Peter Jr.?
1:44.2	No, it was bad Peter.
1:45.7	It was actually Pagan Peter.
1:47.5	Pagan Peter?
1:48.4	He did not follow in his father's footsteps.
1:50.0	No, he was not a Christian.
1:52.2	I just thought it was so funny.
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