﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  357 
  

  

  St 
  Leger 
  would 
  not 
  consent. 
  The 
  Indians 
  began 
  to 
  drop 
  off, 
  

   and 
  the 
  chiefs 
  advised 
  a 
  return 
  to 
  Oswego 
  for 
  heavier 
  guns 
  for 
  

   a 
  renewal 
  of 
  the 
  siege. 
  In 
  the 
  sally 
  from 
  the 
  fort 
  Aug. 
  6, 
  their 
  

   camp 
  had 
  been 
  plundered, 
  and, 
  having 
  gone 
  into 
  battle 
  almost 
  

   naked, 
  at 
  night 
  they 
  had 
  nothing 
  to 
  cover 
  them, 
  nor 
  could 
  the 
  

   British 
  then 
  repair 
  their 
  loss. 
  The 
  Americans 
  were 
  not 
  without 
  

   anxiety, 
  and 
  Colonel 
  Willett 
  and 
  another 
  officer 
  went 
  for 
  aid 
  

   Aug. 
  10. 
  General 
  Arnold 
  rapidly 
  advanced, 
  and 
  the 
  siege 
  was 
  

   abandoned 
  Aug. 
  22, 
  the 
  retreat 
  quickly 
  becoming 
  a 
  flight, 
  the 
  

   Indians 
  themselves 
  adding 
  to 
  the 
  fears 
  of 
  the 
  troops. 
  

  

  Colonel 
  Claus 
  had 
  a 
  small 
  opinion 
  of 
  St 
  Leger 
  and 
  complained 
  

   of 
  the 
  trouble 
  about 
  Indian 
  supplies 
  he 
  had 
  then 
  and 
  afterward. 
  

   He 
  stayed 
  some 
  time 
  in 
  Oswego 
  and 
  sent 
  thence 
  three 
  good 
  

   officers 
  to 
  live 
  with 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  and 
  Senecas. 
  He 
  thought 
  but 
  

   for 
  his 
  presence 
  at 
  Oswego 
  and 
  Brant's 
  management, 
  the 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  would 
  have 
  taken 
  no 
  part 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  They 
  said 
  they 
  

   were 
  called 
  to 
  a 
  council 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  war. 
  Brant 
  was 
  constantly 
  

   busy 
  with 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  and 
  he 
  thought 
  they 
  would 
  take 
  the 
  

   field. 
  He 
  afterward 
  complained 
  of 
  Carleton's 
  conduct 
  to 
  him 
  and 
  

   the 
  Mohawk 
  refugees 
  in 
  Canada. 
  Carleton 
  proposed 
  giving 
  

   their 
  care 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  Major 
  Campbell's 
  deputies, 
  who 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  

   those 
  whose 
  harsh 
  treatment 
  drove 
  the 
  Indians 
  from 
  Burgoyne's 
  

   army, 
  thus 
  emboldening 
  the 
  Americans. 
  June 
  24 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

   Assembly 
  made 
  a 
  congratulatory 
  address 
  to 
  some 
  Seneca 
  chiefs 
  

   who 
  were 
  returning 
  from 
  Washington's 
  headquarters, 
  and 
  who 
  

   soon 
  became 
  openly 
  hostile. 
  

  

  Some 
  doubtful 
  stories 
  were 
  current. 
  Colonel 
  Johnson 
  heard 
  

   that, 
  after 
  the 
  battle 
  of 
  Bennington, 
  the 
  Americans 
  burned 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  villages, 
  and 
  he 
  hoped 
  to 
  profit 
  by 
  their 
  resentment. 
  

   It 
  was 
  also 
  said 
  that, 
  after 
  the 
  battle 
  of 
  Oriskany, 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  

   burned 
  an 
  Oneida 
  village, 
  destroyed 
  the 
  crops, 
  and 
  killed 
  and 
  

   carried 
  away 
  their 
  cattle. 
  It 
  was 
  added 
  that 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  avenged 
  

   themselves 
  on 
  Brant's 
  family 
  and 
  sister 
  at 
  Canajoharie, 
  robbing 
  

   and 
  driving 
  them 
  away. 
  They 
  then 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  Mohawk 
  

   castle 
  and 
  did 
  the 
  same 
  with 
  those 
  whose 
  men 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  king's 
  

   service. 
  The 
  simple 
  truth 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  that 
  Molly 
  Brant 
  now 
  

  

  