CROGHAN, GEORGE, D. 1782, American Indian Agent

krōˈgən, d. 1782, American Indian agent, b. Ireland. He migrated to North America in 1741 and became (1756) deputy superintendent of Indian affairs under Sir William Johnson. Croghan was to a large extent responsible for Johnson's success and reputation among Native Americans. In the French and Indian War (see under French and Indian Wars he caused many tribes to desert the French cause.

See biographies by A. T. Volwiler (1926, repr. 1971) and N. B. Wainwright (1959).

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A Man of Distinction among Them: Alexander McKee and British-Indian Affairs along the Ohio Country Frontier, 1754-1799
Book by Larry L. Nelson; Kent State University Press, 1999
Subjects: Great Britain--Indian Dept--Officals And Employees--Biography, Indian Agents--Canada--Biography, Indian Agents--Northwest, Old--Biography, Indians Of North America--Wars--1750-1815, Mckee, Alexander--Ca. 1735-1799, Northwest, Old--History--18th Century
...Handbook of North American Indians , edited by...Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian...Volwiler Albert. George Croghan and the Western...Movement, 1741-1782 . Cleveland...The Imperial Indian Department...ed. "George Croghan and the Western...
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A History of the American People
Book by Harry J. Carman, Harold C. Syrett; Alfred A. Knopf, 1952
Subjects: United States--History
...Library of George Arents...History of American Negroes 1947...Volwiler , George Croghan and the Westward...Movement 1741-1782 , 1926...prominent Indian agent, trader...The First Americans 1607-1690...History of American Whale Fishery...volumes is C. D. Wright...
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The Westward Movement: The Colonies and the Republic West of the Alleghanies, 1763-1798. with Full Cartographical Illustrations from Contemporary Sources
Book by Justin H. Winsor; Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1897
Subjects: Mississippi River Valley--History--To 1803
...value of the American dollar...arousing the Indians, 85 ; his...creates three Indian departments...Moncure D., 187...299 - 301 . Croghan, George, sent to...15 ; on Indian trade, 23...with the Indians, 53 ; to...Ohio, 57 ; agent of the Walpole...Crows the Indian tribe , 468...dislodge Americans at Chicago...the treaty 1782 , impeded...


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CROGHAN, GEORGE , d. 1782, American Indian agent kro g n, d. 1782, American Indian agent, b. Ireland...under Sir William Johnson . Croghan was to a large extent responsible...and reputation among Native Americans. In the French and Indian...


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