Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760
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Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760
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Weiser, Johann Conrad, 1696-1760
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Weiser, John Conrad
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Indian agent. Full name: Johann Conrad Weiser. Also known as John Conrad Weiser.
Conrad Weiser was a Berks County farmer, tanner and president-judge who served as a colonial Indian agent and interpreter as well as Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the First Battalion of the Pennsylvania Regiment during the French and Indian War.
Prominent colonial Pennsylvania Indian agent and interpreter.
In 1748, on the English colonies' first official overture to the Indians west of the Alleghany Mountains, Weiser journeyed with George Croghan and Andrew Montour on behalf of Pennsylvania to Logstown on the Alleghany River. There the men met and formed an alliance with the various western tribes that was intended to counteract French influence in the Ohio region.
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Braddock's Campaign, 1755
Delaware Indians
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Indians of North America
Indians of North America
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Shawnee Indians
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Onontago
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Fort Henry (Pa.)
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Ohio
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