All right. Welcome everyone, today were going to be talking about diplomacy on the early american frontier, politically between native American Peoples and european peoples. We will talk about some of the customs and protocols that governed that style of diplomacy and the objectives that both native American Peoples and colonial peoples brought to those meetings. I have an image here that is actually a painting from 1903 that is depicting one such treaty conference that went on on the frontier of new york in the Mohawk Valley. You did a reading today that featured a fellow named while William Johnson. Not a lot of contemporary mark and students of history know much about him, but he was an interesting figure in the 18 century. He was an irish immigrant, settled on the mohawk frontier of upstate new york in the 17 forties and became very friendly with mohawk indians who were his neighbors. Ultimately, he gained a great deal of influence among them and ultimately was appointed by the Bri
Actually a participating from 1903 that is depicting one such treaty conference that wept on on a frontier of the valley. You did a reading today that featured a fellow named William Johnson not a lot of contemporary students of history know much about. He was an irish immigrant who came to america, settled on the moha mohawk frontier in up state new york and became very friendly with mohawk indians who were his neighbors and ultimately gained a great deal of influence among them and ultimately was appointed by the British Crown to serve as its agent to the iroquois nations. Think about the reading you did for today, and this has kind of provided me with a mental image of that. It was at johnson hall which was this georgian mansion he built on the mohawk frontier that still stands today. If youre in up state new york traveling between albany and syracuse, new york, you can visit this site which tells a really interesting story about how europeans and nativeamericans came together on th
That seems to be not estimated announcer learn more about the political cartoons sunday at 8 00 p. M. And midnight eastern. Youre watching American History tv. Announcer next, Timothy Shannon teaches a class on colonial era diplomatic ties between the iroquois confederacy and european settlers. He describes what treaty meetings would have looked like, the role of interpreters, and the importance of exchanging gifts. Welcome, everyone. Today we are going to talk about diplomacy on the early american frontier between native american peoples and european peoples. We will talk about some of the customs and protocols that governed that style of diplomacy and the objectives of both native american peoples and colonial peoples brought to those meetings. I have a painting from 1903 that is the big thing one such treaty conference that went on on the frontier of new york in the Mohawk Valley. You did a reading today that johnson, not am lot of contemporary American Students of history know much
Peoples. We will talk about some of the customs and protocols that governed that style of diplomacy and the objectives of both native American Peoples and colonial peoples brought to those meetings. I have a painting from 1903 that is depicting one such treaty conference that went on on the frontier of new york in the Mohawk Valley. You did a reading today that featured a fellow named William Johnson, not a lot of contemporary American Students of history know much about him, but he was a very interesting figure in the 18th century. An irish immigrant, settled on the mohawk frontier of upstate new york in 1740, and became very friendly with mohawk indians, who were his neighbors. Ultimately, grained a great deal of influence among them and was appointed by the British Crown to serve as the agent to the iroquois nation. This painter in the early 20th century wanted to depict one of these treaties that johnson convened with native americans. Think about the reading you did for today. It
And european peoples. We will talk about some of the customs and protocols that governed that style of diplomacy and the objectives of both native american peoples and colonial peoples brought to those meetings. Ive got an image here that is actually a painting from 1903 that is depicting one such treaty conference that went on on the frontier of new york in the Mohawk Valley. You did a reading today that featured a fellow named William Johnson, not a lot of contemporary American Students of history know much about him, but he was a very interesting figure in the 18th century. He was an irish immigrant who came to america settled on the , mohawk front of upstate new york in 1740, and became very friendly with mohawk indians, who were his neighbors. Ultimately, gained a great deal of influence among them and was ultimately was appointed by the British Crown to serve as the agent to the iroquois nation. S. This painter in the early 20th century wanted to depict one of these treaties that