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Robert Griffing, Post and King Beaver, 1997.
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Oil on canvas of Frederick Post and Native Americans.

Credit: Painting by Robert Griffing; used by permission of Paramount Press, Inc.

During his diplomatic embassies among the Ohio Country Indians in the 1750s, Frederick Post met with several important Indian leaders, including the Delaware leader King Beaver. Post's negotiations with these chiefs played a central role in the success of the Forbes Campaign.

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