﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  361 
  

  

  merit 
  was 
  burned. 
  July 
  24 
  a 
  regiment 
  of 
  regulars 
  reached 
  

   Cherry 
  Valley, 
  and 
  some 
  successful 
  parties 
  were 
  sent 
  out. 
  At 
  

   German 
  Flats 
  Brant 
  had 
  been 
  expected 
  all 
  summer 
  and 
  was 
  dis- 
  

   covered 
  in 
  September. 
  The 
  alarm 
  was 
  given, 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  

   took 
  refuge 
  in 
  Forts 
  Dayton 
  and 
  Herkimer, 
  but 
  all 
  outside 
  was 
  

   destroyed. 
  He 
  was 
  followed 
  to 
  the 
  Unadilla 
  by 
  300 
  militia, 
  

   but 
  without 
  success. 
  

  

  Sep. 
  25 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  100 
  Oneidas 
  and 
  Tuscaroras 
  came 
  to 
  Fort 
  

   Stanwix, 
  saying 
  they 
  had 
  taken 
  the 
  hatchet, 
  burned 
  Unadilla, 
  

   (one 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  villages) 
  and 
  Butternuts, 
  bringing 
  five 
  pris- 
  

   oners 
  from 
  each 
  place. 
  They 
  now 
  took 
  prisoners 
  and 
  not 
  scalps. 
  

   Col. 
  William 
  Butler 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  Schoharie 
  in 
  August, 
  with 
  a 
  

   regular 
  regiment 
  and 
  four 
  companies 
  of 
  riflemen. 
  In 
  October 
  

   he 
  destroyed 
  Unadilla, 
  Oquaga, 
  Conihunto, 
  etc. 
  The 
  Oquaga 
  

   Indians 
  had 
  gone 
  on 
  a 
  raid 
  to 
  the 
  Delaware 
  river. 
  

  

  A 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  Cherry 
  Valley, 
  Mary 
  Degon- 
  

   wadonti, 
  or 
  Molly 
  Brant, 
  wrote 
  to 
  Captain 
  John, 
  or 
  Chief 
  Dese- 
  

   ronto, 
  from 
  some 
  Iroquois 
  town, 
  apparently 
  a 
  Seneca 
  one: 
  

   ''About 
  500 
  left 
  here 
  Oct. 
  23rd, 
  for 
  Karightongegh 
  [Cherry 
  

   Valley]. 
  They 
  said 
  that 
  Karightongegh 
  shall 
  be 
  destroyed. 
  

   Sakayengwaraghdon 
  [Old 
  Smoke, 
  the 
  principal 
  Seneca 
  chief] 
  is 
  

   their 
  leader." 
  

  

  Walter 
  Butler 
  had 
  escaped 
  from 
  Albany 
  and 
  was 
  burning 
  for 
  

   revenge. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  and 
  others 
  were 
  in 
  arms, 
  and 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   were 
  to 
  meet 
  at 
  Tioga 
  to 
  invade 
  either 
  Pennsylvania 
  or 
  New 
  

   Jersey. 
  He 
  got 
  command 
  of 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  father's 
  rangers, 
  with 
  

   permission 
  to 
  use 
  Brant's 
  Indians, 
  500 
  of 
  whom 
  joined 
  his 
  band 
  

   of 
  200 
  men. 
  Cherry 
  Valley 
  was 
  attacked 
  Nov. 
  11, 
  1778. 
  Colonel 
  

   Alden 
  was 
  killed 
  outside 
  the 
  fort, 
  which 
  was 
  bravely 
  defended, 
  

   but 
  the 
  place 
  was 
  destroyed, 
  32 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  and 
  16 
  soldiers 
  

   being 
  killed 
  and 
  many 
  made 
  prisoners. 
  Colonel 
  Klock 
  was 
  to 
  

   come 
  with 
  200 
  men 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  place, 
  but 
  arrived 
  a 
  day 
  too 
  

   late 
  and 
  was 
  much 
  blamed. 
  The 
  Indians 
  withdrew 
  Nov. 
  13. 
  

   Most 
  of 
  the 
  women 
  and 
  children 
  were 
  soon 
  released, 
  but 
  Mrs 
  

   Campbell 
  was 
  taken 
  to 
  the 
  Seneca 
  castle 
  of 
  Kanadesaga, 
  near 
  

   Geneva, 
  where 
  she 
  was 
  adopted 
  and 
  kindly 
  treated. 
  She 
  was 
  

  

  