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Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766

Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father

Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier

The war that made America [2006 documentary]

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Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 by Fred Anderson	or Tanacharison
The Adventures of George Washington by Margaret Davidson	a/k/a Tanacharison the Half-King
Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father by Peter Stark
Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier by Timothy J. Shannon
The war that made America [2006 documentary] by PBS

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Tanacharison (/ˌtænəxəˈrɪsən/; c. 1700 – 4 October 1754), also called Tanaghrisson (/ˌtænəˈɡrɪsən, ˌtænəxˈrɪsən/), was a Native American leader who played a pivotal role in the beginning of the French and Indian War. He was known to European-Americans as the "Half-King", a title also used to describe several other historically important Native American leaders. His name has been spelled in a variety of ways.

Those Iroquois who had migrated to the Ohio Country were generally known as "Mingos", and Tanacharison emerged as a Mingo leader at this time. 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". At this treaty, he spoke on behalf of the Six Nations' Grand Council, but also made clear that the council's ratification was required, in accordance with the Iroquois system of government.

According to the traditional interpretation, the Grand Council had named Tanacharison as leader or "half-king" (a sort of viceroy) to conduct diplomacy with other tribes, and to act as spokesman to the British on their behalf. However, some modern historians have doubted this interpretation, asserting that Tanacharison was merely a village leader, whose actual authority extended no further than his own village.

He was with George Washington's troops and played a disputed rule in Battle of Jumonville Glen, the opening battle in the French and Indian war.
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Tanacharison (/ˌtænəxəˈrɪsən/; c. 1700 – 4 October 1754), also called Tanaghrisson (/ˌtænəˈɡrɪsən, ˌtænəxˈrɪsən/), was a Native American leader who played a pivotal role in the beginning of the French and Indian War. He was known to European-Americans as the "Half-King", a title also used to describe several other historically important Native American leaders. His name has been spelled in a variety of ways. Those Iroquois who had migrated to the Ohio Country were generally known as "Mingos", and Tanacharison emerged as a Mingo leader at this time. 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". At this treaty, he spoke on behalf of the Six Nations' Grand Council, but also made clear that the council's ratification was required, in accordance with the Iroquois system of government. According to the traditional interpretation, the Grand Council had named Tanacharison as leader or "half-king" (a sort of viceroy) to conduct diplomacy with other tribes, and to act as spokesman to the British on their behalf. However, some modern historians have doubted this interpretation, asserting that Tanacharison was merely a village leader, whose actual authority extended no further than his own village. He was with George Washington's troops and played a disputed rule in Battle of Jumonville Glen, the opening battle in the French and Indian war. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanacharison" rel="nofollow" target="_new">Wikipedia</a>

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