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Guyasuta and the Fall of Indian America
By Crytzer, Brady J.
- ISBN
- 9781594161742 9781594165580
- Publisher
- Westholme
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Reviewed on May 15, 2013 | Social Sciences
Guyasuta was a Seneca by birth, but he was known as a Mingo in the Ohio Valley. Mingos were members of the Iroquois Confederacy who migrated to the region to assert Iroquois authority over the local native peoples, although they never had the power they claimed. Guyasuta earned a reputation for opposing Euro-American encroachment into the Ohio Country. His opposition was not absolute, as opportunism prevailed in 1753 when he helped gu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
