In researching Langlade, he was a fur trader of French and (Odawa) Indian descent. He led a band of Odawa Indians at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. He also led Great Lakes Indians during the Revolutionary War against the Americans. Interestingly, he survived both wars and settled in Green Bay Wisconsin. He died at the ripe old age of 48 but left a reputation as the "father of the state". Langlade county was named after him.
Dumas should receive the anglo-indian commander trait as well. Below is some information on Dumas with emphasis on his relationship with Indian tribes.
http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35990
[Q]:
Having joined the Régiment d’Agenois as a volunteer, in 1742 Jean-Daniel Dumas was named second lieutenant in the grenadier company and the following year, lieutenant. During the War of the Austrian Succession, he served in Bavaria, Italy, and Provence, and in 1747 he was promoted captain. With that rank, but in the colonial regulars, he arrived in Canada three years later. He was sent to Acadia, where an uneasy situation existed because of the failure of the treaty of Utrecht to define the frontiers conclusively [see Jean-Louis Le Loutre]. He rapidly acquired a reputation as a skilful negotiator with the Indians. This was probably why he was posted to Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh, Pa), in the Ohio valley, in 1754. The battle of the Monongahela on 9 July 1755 gave Dumas an opportunity to distinguish himself. When the French commander, Daniel-Hyacinthe-Marie Liénard* de Beaujeu, was killed early in the combat, it was Dumas who took command of the fewer than 900 men, including about 600 Indians, and routed the much larger British force. For this feat he was made a knight of the order of Saint-Louis on 17 March 1756, at 35 years of age. He would have liked, however, to see the decoration accompanied by a promotion; as he wrote to the minister Machault on 24 July 1756, he believed that his victory had been “the salvation of a whole colony” and had enabled France to make allies of Indians friendly to the British. Dumas had created a strong impression on the Indians; entrusted with the command of Fort Duquesne after the victory, he made use of his new position to negotiate alliances with several Indian groups and to organize numerous expeditions against British settlements. [/Q]
If you would like to add the anglo-indian special ability to Langlade and Dumas, here are the steps.
1. Open the game data folder within the BOA folder
2. Open models folder
3. Open Langlade file
4. Find the following section:
Ability0 = $Ambusher
Ability1 = $Ranger_Pathfinding
Ability2 = $Ranger_Survival
Ability3 = $Skirmisher
5. Insert Add Ability4 = $Anglo-Indian after ability3
6. Save file
Repeat same with Dumas after his last listed special ability.
The special ability will show up in all scenarios containing Dumas or Langlade.
Change will show up in the game, the next time you start up BOA.
