A War Party is raised.

In the early C18th many Mohicans settled in the town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts and from there derived their name amongst the Colonial population of Stockbridge natives. The Stockbridge Indians allowed Moravian Protestant missionaries to live among them. As a consequence of this exposure to missionary activity during the early part of the 18th century, many converted to Christianity, while keeping certain traditions of their own. They fought on the side of the British colonists in the French and Indian War. 

As you will no doubt recall I've been plodding on painting up my first Galloping Major figures to represent the Stockbridge Indians in my British and Colonial force for games set in the F&IW. I already have several groups of Redoubt Enterprises' First Nations figures and wanted something different for this additional element of the force. These four bases of figures allow the creation of a more Europeanised looking war party while the next four bases I'm working on now will be the variant with more of a Mohican look about them ~

Together these will provide me at first with two Regular sized war parties in Black Powder terms, though they will be sufficiently interchangeable with each other to allow Large and Small sized units to be fielded in the games.  You'll need to keep an eye out for a post about progress on this second war party in the coming week!

While we are on the subject of the F&IW, I've just made two small orders for additional figures. From Redoubt Enterprises I've ordered some Provincial infantry for the British force and a French command pack for my Compagnies Franches de la Marine, as I have the splendid flags from David of the Not By Appointment blog! From Eureka UK I've ordered some Highlanders in North American garb. Not cheap, but I felt I ought to branch out a little in acquiring new elements. Both purchases are courtesy of a refund on my credit card, so at nil extra cost to the war chest!