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Forgotten Founders by Bruce E. Johansen

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Reproduced here with permission of Bruce Johansen Complete Book: "FORGOTTEN FOUNDERS, Benjamin Franklin, the Iroquois and the Rationale for the American Revolution," By Bruce E. Johansen




F O R G O T T E N

F O U N D E R S



By Bruce E. Johansen




Benjamin Franklin, the Iroquois
and the Rationale for the
American Revolution


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First Printing

Copyright 1982 by Bruce E. Johansen
All rights reserved including the right to
reproduce this book or parts thereof in any form.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Johansen, Bruce E. (Bruce Elliott), 1950-
        Forgotten founders

        Bibliography
        Includes Index
        1. Iroquois Indians -- Tribal government   2.   Indians of North America -- Tribal government   3.   Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.   4.   United States -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.   5.   United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
I.   Title.
E99.I7J63                                 323.1'197                                 81-23726
ISBN 0-87645-111-3                                                                 AACR2

Printed in the United States of America.


For my parents,

and

for John Crazy Bear, a Seneca who breathed

life into the Iroquois' Great Law of Peace for me 





 

C O N T E N T S



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE   ------A Composite Culture

CHAPTER TWO   -----The Pre-Columbian Republic

CHAPTER THREE   ---Our Indians Have Outdone the Romans

CHAPTER FOUR   ----Such an Union

CHAPTER FIVE   -----Philosopher as Savage

CHAPTER SIX   ------Self-Evident Truths

AFTERWORD

BIBLIOGRAPHY

FROM THE BACK COVER:


THE GREAT LAW OF PEACE
Article 24*

          The chiefs of the League of Five Nations shall be mentors of the people for all time. The thickness of their skin shall be seven spans, which is to say that they shall be proof against anger, offensive action, and criticism. Their hearts shall be full of peace and good will, and their minds filled with a yearning for the welfare of the people of the League. With endless patience, they shall carry out their duty. Their firmness shall be tempered with a tenderness for their people. Neither anger nor fury shall find lodging in their minds and all their words and actions shall be marked by calm deliberation.
* As translated in Akwesasne Notes, 1977

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