Hackett Fischer, David. “Champlain among the Mohawk, 1690.”

Individuals like Champlain helped to create an interesting dynamic in the modern day learning of history in that his story is never heard of until post-secondary schooling. This is a failure on society’s part in that there is only teachings of full force, in example the French and Spanish rivalry over Florida. As Fischer nicely ties up his piece with, “Champlain’s policy affected a middle way of peace through the carefully calibrated use of limited force”.⁵ Champlain’s story of limited force creates a sense of hope that there are other stories like this that just aren’t as mainstream, while also creating conflict in that there easily could not be. Champlain’s interaction with the Mohawk could easily remain a one in a million story, but as we will further read, it easily may not.