﻿3^° 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  acts 
  ascribed 
  to 
  her 
  are 
  not 
  in 
  harmony 
  with 
  her 
  character. 
  The 
  

   next 
  year's 
  attack 
  on 
  Wyoming- 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  force 
  was 
  repulsed, 
  

   but 
  Brant 
  shared 
  in 
  neither 
  of 
  these. 
  

  

  A 
  Seneca 
  delegation 
  was 
  in 
  Philadelphia 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  

   Wyoming 
  invasion, 
  but 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  left 
  without 
  notice 
  and 
  

   refused 
  to 
  return. 
  This 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  inferred 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  of 
  

   James 
  Deane 
  to 
  Philip 
  Schuyler, 
  dated 
  at 
  Fort 
  Stanwix, 
  Oct. 
  

   io, 
  1778: 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  Seneca 
  Chief, 
  called 
  the 
  Great 
  Tree, 
  who 
  was 
  the 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  past 
  with 
  General 
  Washington, 
  returned 
  thro' 
  Oneida, 
  he 
  

   gave 
  our 
  Friends 
  there 
  the 
  most 
  solemn 
  assurances 
  that 
  upon 
  his 
  

   Arrival 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  Country, 
  he 
  would 
  exert 
  his 
  utmost 
  Influence 
  

   to 
  dispose 
  his 
  tribe 
  to 
  peace 
  and 
  Friendship 
  with 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  and 
  that 
  should 
  his 
  Attempts 
  prove 
  unsuccessful, 
  he 
  would 
  

   immediately 
  leave 
  his 
  Nation 
  and 
  join 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  with 
  his 
  

   Friends 
  & 
  Adherents. 
  

  

  Hearing 
  nothing 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time, 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  sent 
  to 
  know 
  

   the 
  result. 
  He 
  had 
  tried 
  hard 
  but 
  been 
  unsuccessful. 
  His 
  people 
  

   became 
  excited 
  over 
  rumors 
  of 
  invasion 
  and 
  flew 
  to 
  arms. 
  Then 
  

   he 
  sided 
  with 
  them. 
  A 
  small 
  band 
  of 
  Onondagas 
  had 
  joined 
  

   the 
  hostile 
  warriors, 
  and 
  all 
  would 
  meet 
  on 
  the 
  Chemung. 
  When 
  

   it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  Senecas 
  took 
  part 
  at 
  Wyoming, 
  an 
  army 
  

   was 
  sent 
  against 
  the 
  hostile 
  Indians. 
  It 
  marched 
  toward 
  the 
  

   Sandusky 
  towns, 
  but 
  stopped 
  at 
  Tuscarawa 
  and 
  built 
  Fort 
  Lau- 
  

   rens. 
  Col. 
  Thomas 
  Hartley 
  reported 
  operations 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  

   line 
  of 
  Pennsylvania 
  in 
  September, 
  having 
  reached 
  Tioga 
  Sep. 
  

   26, 
  with 
  200 
  men 
  : 
  

  

  We 
  burnt 
  Town, 
  Hester's 
  Palace 
  or 
  Town, 
  & 
  all 
  the 
  settle- 
  

   ments 
  on 
  this 
  side. 
  . 
  . 
  Mr 
  Carberry 
  with 
  the 
  Horse 
  only, 
  

   was 
  close 
  on 
  Butler, 
  he 
  was 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  Town 
  of 
  Shaw- 
  

   nee, 
  3 
  Miles 
  up 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  Branch, 
  but 
  as 
  we 
  did 
  not 
  advance, 
  

   he 
  returned. 
  . 
  . 
  Had 
  we 
  had 
  500 
  Regular 
  Troops, 
  and 
  150 
  

   Light 
  Troops, 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  Pieces 
  of 
  Artillery, 
  we 
  probably 
  

   might 
  have 
  destroyed 
  Chemung, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  recepticle 
  of 
  

   all 
  villainous 
  Indians 
  & 
  Tories 
  from 
  the 
  different 
  Tribes 
  and 
  

   states. 
  

  

  Brant 
  destroyed 
  Andrus-town, 
  southeast 
  of 
  German 
  Flats, 
  July 
  

   18, 
  and 
  was 
  followed 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Little 
  Lakes, 
  where 
  a 
  Tory 
  settle- 
  

  

  