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

[TigressDem]

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I get that he might have had to fight and kill any that sided with the British, because war is war.

BUT what I never knew is that he raised the villages of those tribes that had sided WITH US as well.

Started with a Politics Girl interview with Matthew Cooke.

I objected to him exaggerating about George Washington being a murderer with the teeth of dead slaves in his mouth.

Well, by putting that in one sentence, it implied that George had slaves murdered so he could have dentures. THAT has never, ever been put forth, though slaves having to give over teeth because they didn't have the right to refuse... BAD ENOUGH.

I wrote to MeidasTouch because that is how I was subscribed to Politics Girl. And I found Matthew Cooke on FB and messaged him too.

Props to the guy. He replied within 30 minutes.

So now I know more, thought I'd share.

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Secondary Sources confirm it happened.


https://mronline.org/2020/07/04/george-washington-and-genocide/


MY QUESTION is how much of it was Washington's idea/plan/goal and how much of it was the Continental Congress?

Year of the Hangman: George Washington's Campaign Against the Iroquois
By Glenn F. Williams 2005

The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation
By Colin G. Calloway 2018