Hendrick Tejonihokarawa

Who was Hendrick Tejonihokarawa?

Hendrick Tejonihokarawa, also known as Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row and Hendrick Peters was a pro-English leader of the Mohawk in the early eighteenth century. He was one of the "Four Mohawk Kings" who went to London in 1710 to meet with Queen Anne and her court. They requested her help in controlling French influence in New York and asked for English missionaries to help their people. The Mohawk diplomacy helped the Iroquois preserve their power through the colonial years.