History Teacher from Morgantown, Tom Niner, asked Lorraine a very inportant question--Why Is Commander Washington Not Wearing Red When Posing With Mentor, Half King?
Here Tanacharison (Half KingI) stands in back of the future Revolution Commander George
Washington. Here he is shown after the French Indian War with his mentor, Half King
behind him. He is not wearing red because he learned to hate the British. One reason--
King George wouldn't give him a coveted promotion. Of course, there were other
reasons, but this painting presentsWashington as a Colonist with his mentor, Half
King. Half King was a first-class warrior, spoke French, provided invaluable
reconnaissance. He also gave Washington a Native Indian name, Conotocarious.
Have you wondered why our first president was the first president?
Perhaps it was this war experience in the French Indian War, he could ride a horse,
surveyed the county from the Atlantic to the Ohio Territory at the age of 15, learned how to hunt
with a carbine.
He was (without training) named a Major by the British and off he went to fight one of our most
important wars--the French Indian War. Luckily, he had a man who had his back,
Half King.
The English just up and gave him the commission of Major in the French Indian War and
he fought with Half King who could speak French and was head of many Seneca
Tribes, including the Iroquois.
This is an introduction to Lorraine Strieby's book WHY IS A SPY CALLED A MOLE.
Strieby's curiosity and constant research brings these facts. She is coming back
any minute. But you should know this to make her book even more valuable.
Thanks for reading this. Be free to look this up in history, but she did her homework.
MMM Mayor Molly McMole
