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Colonel Gansevoort was sent to Fort Stanwix with loo men. 

 Under orders, he went thence to the lower Mohawk castle and 

 made all prisoners there. These " Indians lived much better 

 than most of the Mohawk River farmers." General Schuyler 

 remonstrated, because of their peaceable disposition and the 

 pledged public faith. They were soon released. This party 

 camped at Skoiyase the first night, and the next at Owasco lake, 

 passing Skaneateles lake and reaching the deserted Onondaga 

 village the following evening. The next camp was 6 miles east 

 of Canaseraga, and Fort Stanwix was reached Sep. 24. 



Aug. II Colonel Brodhead left Pittsburg against the Senecas 

 and Mingoes on the Allegheny river. A skirmish took place 

 before he reached Cannowago, which had been long deserted. 

 Other Indian towns were abandoned as he advanced and were 

 burned. The upper Seneca town Yoghroonwago was destroyed 

 with others. In this march of 400 miles not a man was lost, and 

 135 large cabins were burned, each holding several families. 

 There were indications that all these Senecas were preparing to 

 remove. The Iroquois were in great distress through the winter, 

 many dying from pestilence. Other nations were awed and 

 began to treat for peace. 



Except in the loss of life, for Sullivan's morning and evening 

 guns kept the Indians at a safe distance, these expeditions differed 

 in no respect from the Indian raids on the frontier, and gave to 

 Washington and his successors the name of Ha-no-da-ga'-nears, 

 Destroyer of Towns, one name of some French governors. Corn- 

 planter spoke of this in his pathetic speech to Washington in 

 1790: 



When your army entered the country of the Six Nations we 

 I called you the Town Destroyer ; and to this day, when that name 

 i is heard, our women look behind them and turn pale, and our 

 j children cling close to the necks of their mothers. Our coun- 

 [ cilors and warriors are men, and can not be afraid ; but their 

 hearts are grieved with the fears of our women and children, 

 : and desire that it may be buried so deep as to be heard no more. 

 I When you gave us peace, we called you father, because you 



