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A selection of George Croghan's letters and journals relating to tours into the western country--November 16, 1750-November, 1765..

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Croghan, George

born с 1720, near Dublin, Ire.
died Aug. 31, 1782, Passyunk, near Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.

American trader and Indian agent.

He immigrated from Ireland in 1741, settling near Carlisle, Pa., where he learned Indian customs and languages to assist him in his trade. He was named Indian agent (an official representative to Indian tribes) for Pennsylvania in the 1740s. Later, as deputy to William Johnson (1756–72), he negotiated with tribes complaining of encroachments on their land by colonists. In 1765 he achieved an end to Pontiac's War. He espoused the patriot cause in the American Revolution.

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▪ American trader
born c. 1720, near Dublin, Ireland
died August 31, 1782, Passyunk, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

      American colonial trader who won the confidence of Indian tribes and negotiated numerous treaties of friendship with them in behalf of the British government. He served as deputy superintendent of northern Indian affairs for 16 years (1756–72).

      Migrating from Ireland in 1741, Croghan settled on the western frontier near Carlisle, Pa., and won early success in trade with the Indians. His rapport with the Indians was helped by his early mastery of their customs and languages, and he quickly expanded his trading enterprises throughout the adjacent Ohio Territory. Appointed as Indian agent for Pennsylvania in the 1740s, he wrested the allegiance of the area Indians from the French and negotiated the Treaty of Lancaster (1748) with the Miami and the Treaty of Logstown (1752) with the Delaware, Shawnee, Iroquois, and Wyandot.

      After the outbreak of the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) of 1754–63, Croghan's far-flung trading business collapsed, and he accepted appointment as chief deputy to Sir William Johnson, British superintendent of northern Indian affairs. In this capacity he conducted extensive negotiations for more than a decade with tribes that complained of abuses in the fur trade and encroachments of white settlers upon their land. Croghan undertook to negotiate an end to Pontiac's War (1763–64) and succeeded in concluding a settlement with the rebellious Ottawa chief in 1765.

      Croghan espoused the patriot cause during the American Revolution; although his land speculation schemes and trading enterprises left his name on many 18th-century maps, he died impoverished.

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