Publisher's Synopsis
Philadelphia, 1776. FRANKLIN, WASHINGTON, MADISON and JEFFERSON discuss the role of the Hotinoshoni in their current fight for independence. They have got so far the support of two of the seven Hotinoshoni nations, thanks mainly to the alliance of African-Indian-American warrior AKIATONHARONKWEN.
34-year old British-educated Mohawk warrior THAYENDANEGEA and Akiatonharonkwen dispute the ownership of Kanestie, a white-slave in her 40s. The Council of the League of Nations gathers in Sayenqueraghta's longhouse and decide to give Kanestie to Thayendanegea . They also ask Sayenqueraghta to share his command. Finally, they decide to support the British. Soon after, prompted by General Burgoyne, they attack Fort Stanwix and achieve a resonant victory that shifts public opinion against Native America. In France, Franklin takes advantage of Washington's victory at Saratoga to get France's official recognition of America as a new nation. Washington, who has just lost about three thousand men at Valley Forge, prepares a decisive attack against the Hotinoshoni. Nonetheless, CALDWELL, a British commander, persuades the Hotinoshoni to go on battling the Continental Army. Washington commissions General Sullivan to destroy completely the crops and granaries of the Hotinoshoni. A desperate tale of resistance and defeat.
