In September 1755, the most famous Indian in the world a Mohawk
leader known in English as King Hendrick died in the Battle of Lake
George. He was fighting the French in defense of British claims to
North America, and his death marked the end of an era in
Anglo-Iroquois relations. He was not the first Mohawk of that name
to attract international attention. Half a century earlier, another
Hendrick worked with powerful leaders in the frontier town of
Albany. He cemented his transatlantic fame when he traveled to
London as one of the four Indian kings.
Until recently the two Hendricks were thought to be the same
person. Eric Hinderaker sets the record straight, reconstructing
the lives of these two men in a compelling narrative that reveals
the complexities of the Anglo-Iroquois alliance, a cornerstone of
Britain s imperial vision. The two Hendricks became famous because,
as Mohawks, they were members of the Iroquois confederacy and
colonial leaders believed the Iroquois held the balance of power in
the Northeast. As warriors, the two Hendricks aided Britain against
the French; as Christians, they adopted the trappings of civility;
as sachems, they stressed cooperation rather than bloody
confrontation with New York and Great Britain.
Yet the alliance was never more than a mixed blessing for the
two Hendricks and the Iroquois. Hinderaker offers a poignant
personal story that restores the lost individuality of the two
Hendricks while illuminating the tumultuous imperial struggle for
North America.
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