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crossed Oneida lake on the ice, but the Indian "uides lost their 

 way and the attempt failed. 



Captain Dalton made an estimate in August of that year of the 

 number of Indians employed on the British side in the war. Of 

 the New York Iroquois there were 300 Mohawks, 150 Oneidas, 

 200 Tuscaroras, 200 Onondagas, 230 Cayugas and 400 Senecas, 

 or 1480 in all. While some of these estimates are high, that of 

 the Senecas is too low. 



Chapter 25 



Peace proclaimed. Mohawks remain in Canada. Treaty of Fort Stanwix. 

 Pennsylvania commissioners. Brant in England. Frontier posts retained. 

 Western councils. Brant and Delawares. Seneca chiefs in Philadelphia. 

 Colonel Proctor in the Seneca towns. Pickering's council. St Clair's de- 

 feat. Iroquois chiefs at Philadelphia. Council at Au Glaize. Council at 

 Buffalo creek. Governor Simcoe. Wayne's victory. Indians make peace. 

 Land treaty with the United States. Later treaties with New York com- 

 panies or persons. Delaware Indians made men. Ganeodiyo, the peace 

 prophet. Temperance reform and organizations. Red Jacket. Farmer's 

 Brother. Six Nations declare war against Great Britain. Council at Onon- 

 daga. Captain Pollard leader at Chippewa. 



Peace was proclaimed in 1783, but Great I)ritain made no terms 

 for her Indian allies, nor were they secured in their lands included 

 in the boundaries of the L^nited States. The Mohawks had been 

 i promised better treatment. They remained awhile on the Ameri- 

 can side at Niagara, and the Senecas offered them land in the 

 iGenesee valley, but they did not wish to remain in New York. 

 jGovernor Haldimand agreed to purchase and convey to them a 

 itract on the P)ay of Quinte, selected by Brant. The Senecas 

 |wanted them nearer, and Haldimand was asked to secure them a 

 jtract of 1200 square miles, extending 6 miles on each side of 

 |Grand river. This was promised and the grant was formally 

 jinade in 1784. Brant and some Mohawks moved there; and, 

 Khough much has been sold, portions of all the Six Nations still 

 live there under their old laws and with a full corps of chiefs. 



A disposition was shown at the end of the war to expel the 

 ,\^ew York Iroquois ; but Washington and Schuyler at once 

 jppposed this, and their desire for a more liberal policy happily 

 Wevailed. The treaty of Fort Stanwix was held in 1784, all the 



