The Political Relationship Between Indians and Europeans in Colonial Pennsylvania (part 7).
Date
1957-05-09
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Abstract
...There was the sudden oppressive problem of peace, because war, limited though it may be, was part of the Indian way of life. Johnson and Croghan knew this, and tried to divert the warrior bands as far away as possible, although this complicated Superintendent Atkins' problem in the southern colonies. Croghan told the Indians at 'Fort d'Troit' on December 4, 17960, that he knew '...your Warriors have all a martial spirit & must be employed at War & if they want diversion after the fatigue of hunting there is your natural Enemies the Cherookees with whom you have been long at War, there your Warriors will find diversion & there they may go, they have no other place to go, as all Nations else are become the subjects of Great Britain.'"
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16 sheets 8.5 x 11 inch. Typed.