Tanacharison Research Paper

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In his statement, he claimed that after the capture of Jumonville, “sometime after the Indians came up the half king [Tanacharison] took his Tomahawk and split the head the head of the French Captain [Jumonville] having asked if he was an Englishman and having been told he was a French man. He then took out his brains and washed his hands with them and then scalped him.” With brutally vivid details, however, the statement Washington signed after being captured at Fort Necessity in the Great Meadows, tells a different story. Just over a month after the Jumonville skirmish, another French trooped accompanied with their Native American allies overwhelmed Washington’s position and forced Washington to surrender. Since the troop was led by Jumonville’s half-brother, during the negotiations, he had Washington signed a French statement (A language that Washington was not capable of) admitting assassination of Jumonville. Tough the document was more likely compelled on Washington and the authenticity in the statement is questionable, nevertheless, it is certain that all the aftermath created by Jumonville’s death was caused by Washington’s lack of discipline on his subordinates or considerations for the overall war