Half King During French Indian War
Addendum to Why is a Spy Called a Mole
My creator, Lorraine Strieby and her daughter, Vicki Constantine Parzyk, just returned
from Morgantown where Strieby was invited for a book signing and present her book to
the Skyview Elementary School. Here is her addendum to this book:
ONCE upon a time there was a Half King who was part French and Iroquois and he
had great leadership skills and wanted to protect his tribes against the French.
Along came a tall, handsome man who the English called Major George Washington.
Half King saw that this man was like him, a warrior, who was not afraid of war and
had a Chief called Dinwiddie who was tight with money and men and expected
Major Washington to work miracles and beat the French who had more men and
money.
Half King Tanacherison from the Seneca Tribes named this great warrior, George
Washington, who was half his age--Conotocarious. Washington was very proud of
this name given to him by Half King. He even signed this name on papers and
journals.
After a higher ranking man named General Braddock was killed, Conotocarious
was the Chief of his Tribe and fought with Half King. Sometimes Conotocarious
had to be creative because Dinwiddie didn't give him wampum for food and didn't
know the geography of Virginia and what is now Pennsylvania, but Half King
came to his rescue many times.
A man by the name of Zackquill Morgan whose white and Native Indian tribes lived by the
Monongahela helped Major Washington and they became friends and Morgan
was a Colonel in the Revolution and headed a Virginia Regiment.
Strieby's daughter, Vicki, went to the Courthouse to see Zackquill Morgan's statue
where Strieby had saw it last. Vicki couldn't find it. In the early days after the
wars the courthouse was in Zackquill's home. Strieby wonders why it is not there
or at the Monongahela that Major Washington so loved and helped him win the
French Indian War.
Major Washington was always gratefull to Tanacherison and Conotocarious became
the President (not King) of the United States of America, perhaps because of all
the lessons he learned from Half King, so he could outsmart the English and win
the Revolution from the British.
Strieby wants to thank the sculptor, Jamie Lester, and Brenda Shinkovich, Amy Westwood,
and Sandra Bennett who on their own raised the money. They wanted the CZM statue
on the Courthouse Square or on a grassy spot near the Monongahela where he belongs.
Is the Public Safety Building the spot for him? Half King and Washington would say
loudly and with much emotion a loud "NO."
The building above is Fort West Point where Commander-in-Chief Washington, Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton, and Chief Aide, William Lee were to be captured
by the British. Please buy Strieby's book, WHY IS A SPY CALLED A MOLE,
to find out what really happened.
Oh here she comes, MMM
