Little Known Facts about Big Men
George Washington: Father of America, military hero, ardent Christian
George Washington: Destroyer of Villages (name given him by Iroquois)
Washington had assumed that Sullivan would be on the march by early June and outlined the mission objectives for the "total destruction and devastation" of the Iroquois villages so "that the country may not merely be overrun but destroyed." The villages would be burned, the crops destroyed, and as many prisoners as possible to be taken as hostages to guarantee any settlement.
Washington warned Sullivan not to accept any offer of peace before "the total ruin of their settlements was effected." He feared that the Iroquois would "amuse" them with insincere peace proposals to spare their homelands. "Our future security," Washington wrote, would rest on the "Terror" inflicted upon them. He urged Sullivan to act aggressively and employ his men "in a loose and dispersed a way ... It should be impressed upon the upon the minds of the men where ever they have the opportunity to rush on with the war whoop and fixed bayonet, " to "discourage and terrify" their foes.
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/1998/sullivan.html
George Washington: Destroyer of Villages (name given him by Iroquois)
Washington had assumed that Sullivan would be on the march by early June and outlined the mission objectives for the "total destruction and devastation" of the Iroquois villages so "that the country may not merely be overrun but destroyed." The villages would be burned, the crops destroyed, and as many prisoners as possible to be taken as hostages to guarantee any settlement.
Washington warned Sullivan not to accept any offer of peace before "the total ruin of their settlements was effected." He feared that the Iroquois would "amuse" them with insincere peace proposals to spare their homelands. "Our future security," Washington wrote, would rest on the "Terror" inflicted upon them. He urged Sullivan to act aggressively and employ his men "in a loose and dispersed a way ... It should be impressed upon the upon the minds of the men where ever they have the opportunity to rush on with the war whoop and fixed bayonet, " to "discourage and terrify" their foes.
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/1998/sullivan.html
posted by Prague at 6:30 PM
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"We are at fault in not slaying them."--Martin Luther on the Jews
Let me just add for those who may misinterpret my comment above, I offer it in keeping with what I believe to be the message of Jeff's entry--some heroes are also the basest of criminals.
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