encounters noble and savage

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: May 6, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Between Worlds

In 1710 four leaders of the Native North American Indian alliance of the Iroquois left their homeland and travelled to England. These delegates found themselves in a difficult position, controlling territory sandwiched between the British settlements along the eastern seaboard of North America, and those of the French along the St Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. They had been encouraged to come to London by the British architects of a plan to invade Canada, the purpose of their trip being to forge a mutually rewarding alliance. They made a speech to Queen Anne, expressing ...

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