The two Hendricks : unraveling a Mohawk mystery /
Hinderaker, Eric.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,
2010.
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Fame and obscurity -- New birth. Land of shadows ; The French ascendancy ; Covenant chain ; Protestant Mohawks ; Woeful war ; The Albany swindle ; Hendrick's nadir ; Neutrality -- Odyssey. "Great veneration" ; "Glorious enterprise" ; Queen and court ; City and country ; Hendrick's transformation ; Inglorious enterprise ; Fort and chapel ; Schoharie lands ; Eclipse ; Backcountry crises ; Boston and Maine ; The land under their feet ; End of days -- Hendrick's war. Origins of the Iroquois myth ; The transformation of Mohawk country ; William Johnson and the Mohawk Valley ; Hendrick Peters Theyanoguin ; Stretching the chain ; Calls to war ; Warraghiyagey ; Hatchet in hand ; The failure of arms -- Apotheosis. Politics and prisoners ; The decline of Mohawk influence ; The chain gathers rust ; Stockbridge ; The stakes are raised ; The chain broken ; Covenant chain and empire ; The road to the Albany Congress ; Exhortation and acquiescence ; Apotheosis ; Light and shadow -- Conclusion: Memory and meaning
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Theyanoguin, Hendrick Peters, 1692-1755.
Tejonihokarawa, Hendrick Peters, approximately 1660-approximately 1735.
Six Nations.
Mohawk Indians
Mohawk Indians
Indians of North America