﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  359 
  

  

  cutting 
  wood, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  rarely 
  guilty 
  of 
  any 
  cruelty 
  but 
  

   scalping 
  the 
  dead. 
  The 
  king 
  instructed 
  Braddock 
  to 
  employ 
  

   them, 
  and 
  the 
  colonists 
  had 
  a 
  price 
  for 
  scalps 
  at 
  various 
  times. 
  

  

  Barent 
  Frey 
  and 
  Brant 
  attacked 
  Cobleskill 
  in 
  May, 
  doing 
  much 
  

   damage, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  sharp 
  conflict 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  branch 
  of 
  

   that 
  stream 
  July 
  2, 
  between 
  the 
  Indians 
  and 
  Americans, 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  latter 
  were 
  defeated. 
  In 
  the 
  summer 
  300 
  Indians 
  and 
  Tories 
  

   invaded 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  valley 
  and 
  desolated 
  it, 
  but 
  cavalry 
  from 
  

   Albany 
  put 
  them 
  to 
  flight. 
  A 
  mistake 
  of 
  Brant's 
  saved 
  Cherry 
  

   Valley 
  for 
  a 
  time, 
  but 
  he 
  destroyed 
  Springfield 
  June 
  18, 
  and 
  then 
  

   some 
  small 
  places 
  near 
  Otsego 
  lake. 
  The 
  country 
  was 
  in 
  con- 
  

   tinual 
  alarm, 
  and 
  in 
  July 
  the 
  Delaware 
  country 
  was 
  raided 
  as 
  

   low 
  as 
  Minisink. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  summer 
  occurred 
  the 
  bloody 
  tragedy 
  of 
  Wyoming, 
  

   celebrated 
  in 
  history 
  and 
  song. 
  That 
  fair 
  valley 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  

   Iroquois 
  by 
  right 
  of 
  conquest, 
  and 
  they 
  knew 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  Great 
  Plain. 
  

   Its 
  sale 
  and 
  the 
  land 
  disputes 
  between 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  Con- 
  

   necticut 
  have 
  been 
  mentioned. 
  Troubles 
  increased 
  when 
  the 
  

   war 
  began, 
  and 
  the 
  banishment 
  of 
  many 
  loyalists 
  augmented 
  

   previous 
  animosity. 
  In 
  April 
  and 
  May 
  these 
  joined 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   depredations. 
  A 
  greater 
  stroke 
  was 
  planned. 
  In 
  June 
  Colonel 
  

   Butler 
  left 
  Niagara 
  with 
  300 
  loyalists 
  and 
  500 
  Indians, 
  his 
  force 
  

   swelling 
  on 
  the 
  way 
  till 
  he 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  had 
  700 
  Indians 
  with 
  

   him 
  when 
  he 
  left 
  Tioga, 
  mostly 
  Senecas 
  led 
  by 
  noted 
  chiefs. 
  

   This 
  army 
  fell 
  on 
  Wyoming 
  July 
  3, 
  defeating 
  the 
  rash 
  sally 
  from 
  

   the 
  fort, 
  desolating 
  the 
  valley 
  and 
  killing 
  about 
  300 
  people. 
  The 
  

   horrible 
  stories 
  of 
  Catharine 
  and 
  Esther 
  Montour 
  were 
  doubted 
  

   by 
  Stone, 
  nor 
  is 
  his 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  families 
  correct. 
  From 
  

   the 
  former 
  Catharine's 
  Town, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  had 
  its 
  name, 
  and 
  Colonel 
  

   Campbell 
  mentioned 
  her 
  and 
  not 
  Esther 
  at 
  Wyoming. 
  The 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania 
  tradition 
  alone 
  preserves 
  the 
  latter 
  name. 
  She 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  daughter 
  of 
  French 
  Margaret, 
  and 
  wife 
  of 
  Echo- 
  

   gohund, 
  king 
  of 
  the 
  Munsey 
  Indians, 
  succeeding 
  to 
  his 
  authority 
  

   on 
  his 
  death 
  and 
  living 
  at 
  Seshequin. 
  A 
  captive, 
  Mrs 
  Whittaker, 
  

   often 
  saw 
  her 
  there, 
  and 
  described 
  her 
  as 
  a 
  woman 
  of 
  fine 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  and 
  pleasant 
  manners. 
  This 
  was 
  earlier 
  in 
  the 
  war, 
  but 
  the 
  

  

  