Iroquois Diplomacy On The Early American Frontier Chapter 3 Analysis

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During the colonial time, diplomacy was an important way to communicate peacefully with the Iroquois Indians and the northern English. Chapter 3 of Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier, tells about how treaties were made by using a hybrid form of diplomacy by blending in both Iroquois and European practices. The English had done a lot of the Iroquois traditions like the woods greeting, naming newcomers, the condolence ritual, and adopting the use of kinship terms. With these different Iroquois customs, the English had added their own touch to them and changed some completely making the English have a better advantage to negotiations. Each meeting started and followed by the Iroquois customs as the English went with each