Forty-one members of the Oneida Nation traveled to Valley Forge, PA in the Spring of 1778. General George Washington greeted each individual in person and warmly. The warriors went on to assist the Marquis de Lafayette at the Battle of Barren Hill and Polly Cooper an Oneida woman brings her experience as a cook and healer to the needy Continental Army. Episode 42 is up ready for your ears.

Sources:

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

The Papers of General George Washington

The Papers of the Continental Congress 1778

The Letters of Thomas Jefferson to His Wife 1778

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Following the American-Oneida victory at Fort Stanwix rifts grow deeper within the Six Nations.  Over three-hundred members of the Haudenosaunee gather at Albany for a Conference.  Just as it finishes however word arrives that Burgoyne's British army has crossed the Hudson River at Saratoga.

Sources:

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

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

WITH MUSKET & TOMAHAWK VOLUMES 1, 2 & 3 BY MICHAEL O. LOGUSZ 

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British General Barry St. Ledger begins the siege of Fort Stanwix August 3, 1777.  American General Herkimer is on his way to help.  Joining him are a group of Oneida led by Two-Kettles-Together (Tyonajanegen) and her husband Han Yerry (Tewahangarahken).

Sources:

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

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

WITH MUSKET & TOMAHAWK VOLUMES 1, 2 & 3 BY MICHAEL O. LOGUSZ 

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General John Burgoyne and Barry St. Ledger prepare to invade modern New York State from two different directions in 1777.  Burgoyne will attack Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain while St. Ledger and Joseph Brant strike the Americans at Fort Stanwix in the heart of Iroquoia.

Sources:

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

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

WITH MUSKET & TOMAHAWK VOLUMES 1, 2 & 3 BY MICHAEL O. LOGUSZ 

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With War in North America again imminent how will this Six Nations decide which side to take.  This week we look at Akiatonharonkwen (Joseph Lewis Cook), Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant) and Guyasuta and how they dealt with the gathering storm.

Sources:

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

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

WITH MUSKET & TOMAHAWK VOLUMES 1, 2 & 3 BY MICHAEL O. LOGUSZ 

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We begin our series on the American Revolution.  We discuss some of the influences the Six Nations had on the Founding Fathers were leading up to 1776.  Also we say goodbye to Sir William Johnson and see the rise of two Mohawk siblings known as Joseph and Molly Brant.

Sources:

THE PAPERS OF SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON BY WILLIAM JOHNSON 1774

Minutes of the Second Contitential Congress 1776

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

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Who is there to mourn for Logan? Not one.

Logan of the Mingo was known as a kind and friendly man to all people both red and white in the Ohio Country. Then in 1774 his entire family was killed in cold blood.  The aftermath would be what is known as "Lord Dunmore's War"

Sources:

NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA BY THOMAS JEFFERSON

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

SIMON GIRTY - WILDERNESS WARRIOR BY EDWARD BUTTS

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In December 1763 a group of miscreants known as "The Paxton Boys" led raids into Lancaster County.  They murdered and mutilated an entire community of Iroquois Conestoga people.  Men, women and children.  A month later after the facts were gathered Benjamin Franklin wrote a lengthy article called "A Narrative of the Late Massacres" in which he chides the murders and also the colony of Pennsylvania as a whole for letting their apathy allow this horrible event to take place.  In this short episode Andrew will read excerpts from Franklin's article. 

Source:

Direct Quotes taken from "A Narrative of the Late Massacres" by Benjamin Franklin 1764

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With the Seven Years War winding down.  Jeffery Amherst the British Commander-in-Chief of North America has to reduce spending drastically.   One of the things he cuts to almost zero is the budget for allied Native Nations.  Also colonists begin pouring into the west in violation to the Treaty of Easton. A Seneca man named Guyasuta will try to resist these encroachments and a prophet named Neolin will inspire a pan-indigenous revival which in turn inspires an Ottawa man named Obwandiyag to drive out the British from the Great Lakes.  The British however called him Pontiac.  

Sources:

THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

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

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Today we have a very special extended episode. The first of its kind we have Steve Guerra from Beyond the Big Screen Podcast and The History of the Papacy Podcast.  We join him in discussing the 1992 film "The Last of the Mohicans".  We discuss context and historical accuracy. We hope you enjoy.  And please listen to Steve's other shows.  Links are provided below. 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-big-screen/id1238530113?mt=2

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/history-of-the-papacy-podcast/id590968693?mt=2

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