How many here knew that George Washington ordered slaughter of Indians during Revolutionary War?

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34. There were MANY tribes in the colonies.

Washinton's orders were ONLY against the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy in NY State, not against all the other tribes.

Prior to the Revolution, the Iroquois were the most powerful of the Native people. Their land and influence over other tribes were considered an empire. They were a union of 6 culturally related tribal nations with an oral constitution. They had subdued and absorbed other tribal nations into their Confederacy.

In fact, it was Iroquois delegates at the Lancaster (PA) Conference in the 1760s that advised the colonial delegates to unite because the Iroquois delegates were frustrated with having to deal with so many colonial delegates during negotiations.

Ben Franklin was not at that conference, but was hired to print the minutes. He liked the Iroquois suggestion of unity and tried to promote it, without success until 10 years later.