Original sentence: According to historian Michael McConnell, Tanacharison's "subsequent lofty historical role as a Six Nations "regent" or "viceroy" in the Ohio Country was the product of later generations of scholars.According to the traditional explanation, the Iroquois Confederacy named Tanacharison as leader or "half-king" (as a sort of viceroy) to speak on behalf of the Iroquois Confederacy.According to this interpretation, Tanacharison, as half-king, was given the power by the Iroquois Grand Council to conduct diplomacy with other tribes and to act as spokesman to the British.American Indians in the Ohio Country, almost all of whom were immigrants from other regions, lived in autonomous villages.However, those village leaders who developed good relations with the European colonial leadership gained stature.Modern historians who specialize in American Indian history generally doubt this interpretation.Tanacharison was a village leader, and like all village headmen, his actual authority extended no further than his village.Tanacharison was one of these leaders, and the title "half king" was likely a British invention
Edited sentence: According to the traditional interpretation, the Grand Council had named Tanacharison as leader or "half-king" (as a sort of viceroy) to conduct diplomacy with other tribes, and to act as spokesman to the British on their behalf.At this treaty, he speaks on behalf of the Six Nations' Grand Council, but also makes clear that the Council's ratification was required, in accordance with the Iroquois system of government.He also represented the Six Nations at the 1752 Treaty of Logstown, where he was referred to as "Thonariss, called by the English the half King".However, some modern historians have doubted this interpretation, asserting that Tanacharison was merely a village leader, whose actual authority extended no further than his village.In this view, the title "half king" was likely a British invention, and his "subsequent lofty historical role as a Six Nations 'regent' or 'viceroy' in the Ohio Country was the product of later generations of scholars