Kondiaronk and Callière

Kondiaronk, Grand Chief of the Wyandots of Michilimakinac, played a determining role in the negotiations of the Great Peace through both his influence with other First Nations chiefs and the respect he held among the French, and his speech of August 2, 1701 was a decisive factor in sealing the peace. Louis-Hector de Callière, an able military strategist and governor of Montréal, distinguished himself in the defence of the city and, in that office and later as governor general of New France, displayed outstanding diplomatic skills in negotiations with the First Nations that led to the signing of the treaty.

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