• Tanacharison (/ˌtænəxəˈrɪsən/; c. 1700 – 4 October 1754), also called Tanaghrisson (/ˌtænəˈɡrɪsən, ˌtænəxˈrɪsən/), was a Native American leader who played...
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    with him towards Tanacharison's camp. That morning, they met with Tanacharison's 12 Indian warriors, and Washington and Tanacharison agreed to attack...
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    Washington, and a small number of Mingo warriors led by the chieftain Tanacharison (also known as the "Half King"), ambushed a force of 35 French Canadians...
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    reaching that point, he and some of his men, along with Mingo allies led by Tanacharison, ambushed a French scouting party. Its leader was killed, although the...
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  • Iroquois instructed Tanacharison to decide on a leader acceptable to all parties, and at the Logstown Treaty Conference of 1752, Tanacharison presented Shingas...
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    intelligence about the French forces. Washington met with Half-King Tanacharison, and other Iroquois chiefs, at Logstown, and gathered information about...
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    Logstown and supervise the Iroquois allies: Tanacharison, a Seneca, and Scarouady, an Oneida.: 45  Tanacharison oversaw the Delawares and Scarouady supervised...
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  • Washington, historical people portrayed prominently in the film include: Tanacharison ("Half King") Sir William Johnson Edward Braddock James Smith Louis-Joseph...
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    Duquesne. British colonial militia from Virginia accompanied by Chief Tanacharison and a small number of Mingo warriors were sent to drive them out. Led...
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    Ranger Joanne Shenandoah, Oneida singer, songwriter, actress and educator Tanacharison (Half-king), Seneca war leader during the Seven Years' War Kateri Tekakwitha...
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    in which the local Indians agreed to terms through their "Half-King" Tanacharison and an Iroquois representative. These terms included permission to build...
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    Scarouady, and Tanacharison. Washington explained his mission and received assurances that the Indians and the English "were brothers." Tanacharison told Washington...
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    Necessity) 24 May 1754. A Virginia regiment arrived at the Great Meadows with Tanacharison (known as the "Half King") on 9 June 1754. Battle of Fort Necessity occurred...
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    (standing) and Gist (far right, with rifle) meeting with Shingas, Scarouady, Tanacharison, and other Native American leaders at Logstown in November, 1753....
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    Gist and Seneca leader Tanacharison and his followers, at the Forks of the Ohio.: 54  After clearing the ground, Tanacharison "laid the first log and...
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  • Monacatoocha, or Monakaduto) by the Lenape. Scarouady was half-king, along with Tanacharison, over Iroquois and Iroquois allies in the Ohio Valley. They both disliked...
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    account[specify] has it that Jumonville is killed by Seneca nation chief Tanacharison while in custody of Washington, igniting the French and Indian War. 1754...
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    French of those claims and asking them to leave. Washington also met with Tanacharison (also called "Half-King") and other Iroquois leaders allied to Virginia...
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    on their garrison at Fort Necessity and their road-building project. Tanacharison, known as the Half King and the leader of a band of new Iroquoian peoples...
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  • the town". Washington was given the name in 1753 by the Seneca leader Tanacharison. The nickname had previously been given to his great-grandfather John...
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    of Holderness, sends the circular order on August 28. September 3 – Tanacharison, a chief of the Oneida people tribe that is one of the "Six Nations"...
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    Washington and Virginia militiamen, fighting along with the Native chief Tanacharison and his friendly tribesmen, routed the French in the controversial Battle...
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    Huguenot families that remained in Rhode Island (b. 1689) October 4 – Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief (b. c. 1700) October 5 – Safdar Jang (b. 1708)...
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  • Lenape were without a chief until 1752, when the Iroquois half-king Tanacharison appointed Shingas to represent them at the Logstown Treaty conference...
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  • them." They instructed Tanacharison to end the interregnum and select a leader acceptable to all parties. At Logstown, Tanacharison presented Shingas as...
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    Under pressure from both the Six Nations and the colonial authorities, Tanacharison presented Shingas as his choice at the Logstown Treaty Conference in...
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    of Holderness, sends the circular order on August 28. September 3 – Tanacharison, a chief of the Oneida people tribe that is one of the "Six Nations"...
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  • Blacksnake (Thë:wö:nya's) Destroy Town (Onondakai) Guyasuta Half-King (Tanacharison) Traynor Ora Halftown Handsome Lake (Sganyodaiyo) (1735–1815), religious...
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    first met with three tribal leaders, including a Seneca chief named Tanacharison – called “Half King” by the British – in an Indian village called Logtown...
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  • Croghan built a stockade and trading post. Aided by local Iroquois chiefs Tanacharison (Half King) and Scarouady sent to oversee the Mingo and dependent Ohio...
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