Search Site Anishinabe | Algonquian Tribes | Ojibway Language

Shoshone Ojibwa's | Ojibwa Tribes


Virginians Use Treachery


In either 1758 or 1759, an event occurred in Virginia in which a group of unsuspecting Ojibway's may have been lured into some form of negotiations with whites of Virginia. White historians claim it was a group of Cherokee who were allied with Virginians who were massacred by white Virginians but we know better. Probably as a result of southern Ojibway's (probably from eastern Virginia or Tennessee or eastern North Carolina) launching military raids on white settlers, in the 1757-1759 time period, white Virginians possibly attempted to negotiate a peace with the southern Ojibway's to end the raids. What may have actually occurred, were treaty negotiations that likely failed which resulted in white Virginians killing 20 Ojibway's who attended those treaty negotiations. We should ignore white historians belief that the allied Cherokee and English, fell upon hard times which resulted in the whites killing 20 Cherokee. That's a bunch of bull! After the southern Ojibway's learned of the fate of the 20 Ojibway's killed by the whites, they intensified their military raids on the southern whites. At the request of their English allies, the Cherokee allowed the English to build several forts in their territory. Among them were Fort Prince George which was built in 1753 in South Carolina, Fort Loudoun which was built in 1756 in Tennessee, and Fort Dobbs. Those actions likely enraged the southern Ojibway's.



Contact


© 2009-2025 Anishinabe-History.Com