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