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The French and Indian War Iroquois Warrior
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The Iroquois Confederacy, or the Haudenosaunee (“People of the Longhouse”), consisted of the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora nations. At the outbreak of the French and Indian War, the Iroquois initially tried to remain neutral. However, in 1758, sensing a British victory and concerned that the Algonquins, their traditional enemies, had joined the French, they allied with the British. The Iroquois were the most feared and ferocious of all the North American Indian tribes, skilled at playing off one side against the other to their advantage. Their warriors were trained to be immune to pain and to treat prisoners mercilessly. Their small numbers (approximately 10,000 at the time of the French and Indian War) wielded an enormous influence over a large amount of territory. During warm weather, warriors wore only a decorated breechcloth with a belt. During the winter season, they wore fringed buckskins, leggings, moccasins and a robe or blanket. They removed all facial hair and sported Mohawk style haircuts. They carried tomahawks, bows and arrows and, as custom-made for this minifigure, war clubs into battle. The war club was the most common weapon used in hand-to-hand combat and could crush an opponent’s skull with one blow.
