British Colonials & Mohawks vs. French-Canadians & Native Allies : The Bloody Morning Scout

History at The OK Corral
History at The OK Corral
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Published 2024-04-07
September 1755: The continental war between the British Empire and France has reached a precarious state for King George II and his colonial interests in North America. After suffering a series of devastating defeats at Fort Necessity and the massacre on the Monongahela, it had come to be that the waters of Lake George were all that lay between Albany and the expansionist desires of New France.

Colonel William Johnson, an Irish born provincial Officer was sent to head off the advancing grenadiers recently arrived from Montreal. Johnson would establish Fort William Henry to accompany Fort Edward at the southern edge of Lake George to counter Fort St Frederic just to the north on Lake Champlain.

The French Commander Baron de Dieskau and Colonel Johnson would engage one another in a game of tactical espionage, trying to gain the upper hand before the two armies finally came to blows. Native spies, kidnappings and interrogations as well as hidden maneuvers are all used in their attempts to gather the intelligence needed to deliver a surprise blow and turn the tide of the war for the British, or open the floodgates for the French to march unabated down through New York to the throat of the British Colonies.

General Braddock’s planned expeditions to repel the French-Canadians from the Ohio Country, New York and New England suffered a shocking implosion before the operation could even get off the ground as Braddock and nearly all of his men were brutally slashed through by the Franco-Native forces that had inhabited Fort Duquesne. With Braddock’s death and defeat, France had discovered documents detailing all of his plans amongst the battlefield dead on the banks of the Monongahela. New France was aware of Johnson’s impending march.

While Johnson may have lost the element of surprise surrounding his Crown Point Expedition, it would be his success or failure that the future of the North American continent hinged upon, and it would be decided in hauntingly bloody fashion…
All Comments (21)
  • @judithcampbell1705
    My mother's side of the family all come from New Brunswick, Canada. My grandfather used to take me for a walk down the road to the river and we would skip rocks. (See how many bounces your rock could make). My aunt was an artist and she painted a canvas of the famous river, and sent it to me. I really enjoy this part of what was going on at that particular time period. Please keep 'em comin! Thank you 💛 💛 💛
  • @sandidavis820
    I was born and raised in New York State and a lot of this was skipped over by our teachers and schools. I am sure it's worse now a days because they want to change so much of our history is being rewritten so no one's feeling are hurt.
  • @williamward7226
    Love the northwest history. Most folks don't know anything about it. From east Tennessee.
  • @user-qs7gx7rp7m
    Did a deep dive as an Anglo-Acadian with old kin involved in both prior and subsequent 'deportation' events. Believe the Acadians were treated very fairly by the British. Most of the 'nasty' myths about them were 'created' during the Louisianna 'Acadian Revival' movement of the 1880s. Proof of my assertion can be found in both French & British archival records for the period. The Acadians deported to Louisianna were very hardcore 'French' and hold outs who kept up 'resistance' for 2 years after the Surrender of Quebec. In an age when pickpockets were hung, the mercy shown them by the British, was extraordinary. Urge all to look into this matter because 'truth' is more facinating than myth.
  • @chucaruba109
    Fantastic! Ive been waiting for someone to cover the wilderness wars of colonial America 🇺🇸. Its my home and back yard where these showdowns took place in the north east, and i thank you for covering them! I look forward to more like it!! 🎉
  • @Randall_Kildare
    There's still a Braddock Rd. in NoVa. Look forward to your uploads every week. Thank you!
  • @arcanecrisis
    I hope you continue with this eastern theme. I would love to hear the tale of the acadian expulsion in newbrunswick and the area of "Burnt church" newbrunswick along the Miramichi River. And how it got its name.
  • @focuszx
    Outstanding narrator, keep up the amazing work!
  • @The_ZeroLine
    William Shirley: Don’t call me Shirley! Anyway, I saw a doc about this conflict. I think it was called Last of the Mohicans. The footage was surprisingly high quality for the 18th century.
  • @mojo88bassandbourbon72
    I grew up near.Logstown across the river from Aliquippa Pa ....the start of Washingtons trail in PA ....Braddock is a town in Pittsburgh now ....all great local and world history
  • @deadhorse1391
    Excellent! Hard to believe that all this happened really not that long ago
  • @leveraction3
    I love to hear this history I grew up in fort Wayne Indiana, which Anthony Wayne served under George Washington do these wars, it was sent West to Indian Land, when she first settled defiance Ohio, and then into is final destination of fort Wayne on the three rivers, which later we had the Tippecanoe war