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Lawrence the Mohawk: A Native American Hero of the Late 17th Century Iroquois Frontier

Albany's descendants built a statue to a Mohawk war captain most Americans have never heard of. Lawrence fought alongside Colonel Peter Schuyler against the French in King William's War, negotiated prisoner releases, and helped hold the Covenant Chain alliance together, his story preserved largely through the colony's biracial Mohawk-Dutch interpreter.

— via Age of Revolutions, Age of Revolutions


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