I believe I'm living in the wrong time period. Great way to bring us back in time. You certainly do get around in your travels. Much appreciated for another history lesson on behalf of you and your special guests. Thank Peter.

@georgepeters9381

Ай бұрын

May I suggest a good read; The Wampum Belt that deal with relations between the natives and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Old book, great read!

@drunknnirish

Ай бұрын

I live on the Ohio River and I firmly believe I was meant to be born in the late 18th century in this same location.

@richardbonner2354

Ай бұрын

​@@georgepeters9381Thank You Mister Peters, for the recommendation. I've always been..., well, proud to have heard that, Ol' Billy Penn o' Penn's Woods fame, got along very well with the Peoples that loved this Land before We Europeans -- mos'ly, in these parts -- showed up. The ol' book You cited may well tell of actual examples of the respect that the Chiefs and landed-Gentry showed One anOther. 🙂 Rick Bonner Pennsyltucky

@keptleroymg6877

Ай бұрын

Are you guys children. This is an ungrateful idea

@krockpotbroccoli65

Ай бұрын

None of you were born into the wrong era. You're right where you're supposed to be on the space time continum. It's just that this is not your first go around, and you particularly resonate with points in the past where your soul has traveled before.

That was a most interesting video. I've learned more history from The Woodland Escape than I did I did in my years past, and a lot of years have passed! This series is really enlightening and the personas of the living historians really make learning history exciting. The time to bead those belts is hard to imaging with a modern day bias. The bead work is not only beautiful but a significant communications method. Fascinating.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Flattering words my friend, thank you so much.

This was very interesting. Safe travels Mr. Pete....And enjoy Ron & Justine's wedding! Take care...Robin

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the safe travel wishes … the wedding was amazing.

Wampum belts i didn't realize the meaning until now thanks Scott Brian and Peter and that is a wonderful fortified homestead of Sir William Johnson

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Very interesting history indeed.

Thanks for another fantastic video, it's an honor to tag along!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Thanks again!

On my fathers side I am descended from Magdalena Kanagaradunkwa, who was Molly Brant’s sister & Joseph Brant’s half sister. What is funny is I am also descended from a number of loyalists who fought under Johnson in the KRRNY. I hope one day to make the journey to that part of the continent to see this site. I love your channel btw, it is as cozy as Townsends. I recently bought myself a Pedersoli in the hopes of doing some muzzleloading. Keep up the good work by making outstanding content.

@TheWoodlandEscape

23 күн бұрын

Thank you so much. Be very careful with that black powder shooting it can get quite addictive, lol.

This is all new to me. My appreciation and gratitude goes out to all three of you. Thx guys for doing this, filming it and sharing it with us.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

A true learning experience! I never realized the significance or the intricate work involved. OUTSTANDING job by everyone involved!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

It is still practiced to this day.

Excellent video!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

I enjoyed this program regarding these different designs of the Indians. Blessings.

Very interesting video, Peter. Thank you for the history lesson. A lot I didn't know about wampum belts.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Dear Lord! A good deal of thought followed by a GREAT deal of intricate work! = YIKES! When you think how cheaply we identify things/people and continue to simplify...this 'kind of attention and time' is near unfathomable. I had no idea the history of these wampum belts...just fascinating! You set this vid up nicely Peter and Empress Catherine...I luved the roll-out at the end. I would have been a bit 'leery' of your offering to roll up the belts Peter...you had a strong eye on them! LOL! Sir William Johnson, had some wisdom to share; "He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity." Health and blessings dear ones! :)

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

One of Williams best quotations. Scott’s work is absolutely incredible … talk of patience.

I know a place named Mohawk in WV. It's close to the boarder of WV, VA, and KY.

So proud to be a part of this. Wow. Fantastic video

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

You made it happen, Brian and I thank you for that.

From Australia, this presentation was very impressive, thank you Peter, Brian and Scott.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

This was so informative! I love hearing the people share their vast knowledge of history! Excellent video!

Very interesting video, thanks so much.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I am of TUSCARORA descent. My third great grandmother was Mary E. who married James E. Robinson RS- NC in 1775. James was actually a Robertson, a descendant of Rev. William ROBERTSON of Henrico County, VA.

A Wonderful Wampum Video with Friends! Thank to All of You! I’ve made a few purple wampum beads and it a great deal of work just to make one! An entire belt took many days just to make beads so it was a Very Precious and Sacred and Important tool! In the 1740s Ben Franklin and others met with the Nations on a hill on the edge of Lancaster City. This is where the Indigenous Peoples gave the ideas of religious rights and individual freedom. Everyone else was subjects of the King of England, who wasn’t a popular person in the day. Used to being subjects the natural laws of the Indigenous were new and fresh and laws of the Creator. Thank You So Much and Many Blessings and keep your powder dry! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing Davey

Another wonderful adventure into our history, thank you Mr. Peter.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

So very interesting. Thank you.

@TheWoodlandEscape

21 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks so much for this fantastic video! More than just a "wee bit of history" today!! I need to read up on the Sir Wm. Johnson! Another great video from The Woodland Escape1 Thank you, Peter and presenters for an amazing history lesson!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it … fascinating history.

Appreciate your efforts and dedication. Very good presentation. It would have been interesting to hear about the aspect of wampum as currency in the early colonies and the treatment of the natives who produced the beads. Limited amount of time I understand. But a great subject. I hope to collect some shell at some point to produce some beads one day. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Great idea, another topic down the road. Watch yer top knot.

Thanks for another great video very educational

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

Beautiful and fascinating topic Peter, thanks to all involved. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you found it informative.

I so love the history !! Not just the American history or the Canadian history but also the Native American history as well as all the cultural traditions!!! Thank you Peter

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

We agree! I particularly love the indigenous history.

Excellent presentation very well explained and informative thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise with us the viewers. Hello from Texas ❤

@TheWoodlandEscape

28 күн бұрын

I’m pleased you found it informative.

You guys are spoiling us with all these videos. It is appreciated!

Another great video! That's one heck of a trip south. I always knew of wampum, but the meaning was beyond me. Thanks for another really great video.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

WOW!! excellent video. I will watch this one several times and share it with my fellow history buffs. This video could easily be shown in a museum.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for sharing.

I was born and raised all over New England. Very familiar with wampum. Very well done sir 👍🏻. 🐾🙏🏻✌🏻

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Many thanks

Another fascinating dip into history. Thanks so much!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your continued interest.

just amazing , living History. that was riveting. Thank you

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Awesome awesome awesome! Thank you for the history lesson.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great video, Peter and Kathy. Never knew anything about wampum belts. Very interesting video. Beautiful beadwork. Back then, it would have taken a while to do. It's great to see the different fire starters. Thanks for the video. Keep your powder dry

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it … takes as long today, lol. Watch yer top knot.

Wow, another awesome video Peter!!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Excellent Peter!

Fascinating

Very interesting bit of history.

Thanks for the presentation.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

So wonderful, 💗 thank you.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

I’m glad you think so Kelly … thanks for your continued interest.

So interesting, never knew any of this history. Well done.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Thanks Roger.

I have been to the Johnson fort many times. Bought the White Savage book there about Sir William Johnson

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

It is a wonderful historical treasure. Wasn’t open when we visited this time.

Wow that was amazing! Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Our pleasure, my friend.

Thank you for another great and informative video.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

Very interesting,thank you!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Tom.

REALLY AWESOME JOB DONE! 👏👏👏 absolutely fantastic

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀. You were the king pin. Yours it out this Friday. Cathy and I are camped on a beautiful lake in Indiana non route to Missouri.

Very interesting & entertaining. Thank You.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed. Speaking of enjoying, the sour mash whiskey was grand!

Merci’ for sharing this

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

My pleasure

Is this going to be a norm, 2 per week🤞? Very interesting indeed.

@mikafoxx2717

Ай бұрын

Absolutely bonkers, they're nuts for taking on so much!

Scott is a very nice fellow.

@TheWoodlandEscape

28 күн бұрын

He is indeed.

Again very nice and interesting content 👍👍👍👍

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Yes

❤❤😊😊

Very informative, great video. I have to admit I am very curious about the rifle he had slung over his shoulder at the beginning of the video. Definitely unique looking. Trade rifle maybe?

@user-nf3jj3ie3v

Ай бұрын

It is a cut down first model brown bess musketts. Smoothebore. Robert Rogers ordered his men to cut down there musketts to make them more versatile. And natives did the same.

@michastahl6303

Ай бұрын

@@user-nf3jj3ie3v thanks for the information. It’s absolutely awesome looking. It really caught my eye. Thanks again!!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Brian gave you a great reason for the short Bess.

@bogtrottername7001

Ай бұрын

I'm an artifact collector in NYS & have had several musket barrel pieces about a foot long which were obviously cut off to shorten weapons.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

@@bogtrottername7001 Great finds!

Crown point is close! Come down to down to fort Ti some time

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Been and will certainly be again. You live in a beautiful area.

Enjoy your yt videos 😊

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

You have such great videos. What are all those little circular pins you wear?

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Timely, Next Tuesday we are doing an episode on trade silver and it will be explained.

@kellydiver

Ай бұрын

@@TheWoodlandEscape I’m nearly 100% Scottish on both sides of my family, though we’ve been in what is now the U.S. since the 1600s. My grandma had several little silver pins similar to those, but they were heart-shaped - sort of like swooping hearts. She called them luck-in-boots, and she said they were a couple of hundred years old and they were like money to the Native Americans.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

@@kellydiver most likely trade silver.

Digging up graves is a no no in my book

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

And mine!

Glad you did this video. It's been a long time since I thought of the belts. One of the things I laugh about is people today low value of beads durring the time period. They seem to think the Dutch cheated by trading low value beads for land although it was really a value against trade goods. That said these were items they couldn't get but were simple to the Dutch. Back to the beads, lets compare their value to diamonds in todays market. Diamonds are expensive to buy from a jeweler even of small low value in the diamond market. There are millions of diamonds in silos in different areas of the world. 200 years from now people will know this universely and could say merchants are selling us beads for large amounts. Value is in the customers eyes, availability and the shrewdness of the seller. By the way the modern want for diamonds by women and by extension men started with a post WW2 project of the largest diamond seller going to high schools marketing to girls.

@richardbonner2354

Ай бұрын

Jeep! Ain' it a low-down, dirty shame; the thievin' mal-features seem to ALL ways focus their concerted, confounded efforts upon Our young Uns. And all too often, on purty young Gals whi' an eye for what glitters. The Truth WILL prevail. One day. And speakin' on "Natural Beauty"..., my my; what innate, nearly timeless value those purple shell-beads have! Thanks fer the close-up, WoodLan'! 🙂 Rick Bonner Pennsyltucky

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

I never thought of your idea, interesting… thanks for sharing.

WaDo!

FASCINATING stuff. Thanks.

@TheWoodlandEscape

9 күн бұрын

Glad you think so, appreciate your interest.

Scotty2Rows

did you get to see his real house to the east?

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

The one in the backdrop is Sir William Johnston Hall.

@lundysden6781

Ай бұрын

@@TheWoodlandEscape yes, I'm talking about Old Ft. Johnson from 1749.

Wampum was many things. I think that it was how they kept records and how they sent messages. It is said that they were a very complex language. The Native American culture was maternal and it was a complex culture. Sadly, it’s mostly lost to the ages. This property, William Johnson’s estate, Johnson Manor, was built in the 1740s. Johnson was hired by his uncle,Peter Warren, an admiral in the kings navy, to oversee and populate his tract he got from the king. Johnson did so well that he bought this property across the Mohawk River and built this fort/ house. He became so close to the Mohawk chiefs, they adopted him and called him, “ Warraghiyagey- the man who undertakes great things. He traded with the Iroquois tribe and it made him rich. Warrensburg named for his uncle is the original claim across the river. William led several armies against the French and with zero education he out prevailed every time. He actually took ft Niagara after his commanding officer was killed. The Iroquois did participate on a limited basis. But they were always very cautious because they didn’t want to fight other tribes. Johnson spent the last 20 years or so of his life with the sister of Chief Brant.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

A fascinating man who played a pivotal role in win the continent from the French.

@lusolad

26 күн бұрын

Painting with a broad brush. Different native folks in the east. Not all were matrilineal.

Too bad we can't ask Robert Rodgers what he thought of Sir William!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Wouldn’t that be grand!

@ardshielcomplex8917

Ай бұрын

Rogers being drunk or sober ?

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

@@ardshielcomplex8917 I’d take either opportunity.

So you are really at Sir William Johnson's house?? I have read were he had hundreds of Iroquois delegates on that very place! (Eckhart) That is really the spot? It wasn't moved or anything?

@phrotojoe

Ай бұрын

That is the correct house,I live 3 miles away,Lots of history here.

@ramrod2314

Ай бұрын

@@phrotojoe Thats fantastic. I really gotta get out more. Being in 🇨🇦 we paved over alot of our history 😄

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

It’s the real deal and over the years thousands of native counciled on the very ground.

@ardshielcomplex8917

Ай бұрын

@@TheWoodlandEscape Is it still used by the native Mohawk people, and/or others in the Iroqois federation ?

That thing dangling from his nose detracts from the video. It is just rediculous.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Perhaps in our modern world, but in the era we portray it is both historically accurate and very commonly worn.

I wonder if there are any American Indian archeologists? So much is learned by digging up the past. Maybe if there were Amer. Indian archeologists learning from the past wouldn't be thought of being disrespectful. It's really understandable how people feel that their ancestors should be left in peace.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

It is indeed!

Excellent video!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

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