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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  afterwards 
  exchanged, 
  the 
  aged 
  chief, 
  Guyanguahta, 
  being 
  instru- 
  

   mental 
  in 
  this. 
  The 
  Indians 
  celebrated 
  their 
  victory 
  in 
  that 
  

   town. 
  After 
  a 
  council, 
  the 
  warriors 
  danced 
  and 
  sang 
  around 
  a 
  

   tire, 
  each 
  being 
  painted 
  black 
  and 
  white, 
  parading 
  the 
  prisoners 
  

   and 
  giving 
  the 
  scalp 
  yell. 
  The 
  feast 
  ended 
  with 
  the 
  killing, 
  

   roasting 
  and 
  eating 
  of 
  a 
  white 
  dog. 
  

  

  Some 
  personal 
  feelings 
  influenced 
  this 
  attack. 
  A 
  month 
  after- 
  

   ward 
  four 
  chiefs 
  said 
  to 
  Colonel 
  Cantine 
  ■ 
  " 
  Your 
  rebels 
  came 
  to 
  

   Oghwaga 
  when 
  we 
  Indians 
  were 
  gone, 
  and 
  you 
  burned 
  our 
  

   houses, 
  which 
  made 
  us 
  and 
  our 
  brothers, 
  the 
  Seneca 
  Indians, 
  

   angry, 
  so 
  that 
  we 
  destroyed 
  men, 
  women, 
  and 
  children 
  at 
  Cherry 
  

   Valley." 
  

  

  In 
  January 
  1779 
  Colonel 
  Van 
  Dyck, 
  at 
  Fort 
  Stanwix, 
  had 
  word 
  

   from 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  that 
  Brant 
  meant 
  to 
  strike 
  a 
  blow 
  before 
  

   spring. 
  They 
  had 
  word 
  from 
  him 
  and 
  the 
  Quinquoga 
  (Cayuga) 
  

   Indians 
  to 
  join 
  him. 
  They 
  considered 
  their 
  answer 
  Jan. 
  16, 
  and 
  

   would 
  adhere 
  to 
  the 
  Americans. 
  Some 
  principal 
  Onondaga 
  

   chiefs, 
  then 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  to 
  Fort 
  Stanwix, 
  were 
  invited 
  to 
  their 
  

   council 
  and 
  approved 
  of 
  their 
  answer. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  had 
  

   been 
  asked 
  by 
  the 
  western 
  nations 
  to 
  extinguish 
  the 
  council 
  fire, 
  

   but 
  would 
  not 
  do 
  so, 
  hoping 
  for 
  reconciliation 
  yet. 
  They 
  prom- 
  

   ised 
  to 
  insist 
  that 
  all 
  in 
  their 
  nation 
  should 
  declare 
  for 
  one 
  side 
  

   or 
  the 
  other 
  when 
  they 
  got 
  home. 
  In 
  this 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  fully 
  

   trusted 
  and 
  were 
  in 
  high 
  spirits. 
  

  

  Two 
  Oneidas 
  returned 
  from 
  Niagara 
  Feb. 
  26, 
  with 
  reports 
  of 
  

   Brant's 
  intentions. 
  The 
  Delawares 
  and 
  Shawnees 
  were 
  to 
  strike 
  

   the 
  Virginia 
  frontier, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  to 
  lead 
  the 
  main 
  expedition 
  to 
  

   the 
  Mohawk, 
  while 
  another 
  was 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  Schoharie 
  by 
  Unadilla. 
  

   The 
  14 
  Onondaga 
  chiefs, 
  who 
  went 
  to 
  Niagara 
  to 
  bring 
  their 
  

   people 
  back, 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  allowed 
  to 
  return. 
  Brant 
  did 
  not 
  come. 
  

  

  For 
  some 
  reason 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  were 
  thought 
  treacherous, 
  

   and 
  a 
  secret 
  expedition 
  was 
  planned 
  against 
  a 
  people 
  nominally 
  

   at 
  peace. 
  A 
  party 
  of 
  558 
  men 
  was 
  sent 
  in 
  30 
  boats, 
  apparently 
  

   to 
  Oswego, 
  really 
  to 
  Onondaga. 
  They 
  left 
  Fort 
  Stanwix 
  Ap. 
  

   17, 
  landing 
  at 
  Fort 
  Brewerton 
  at 
  3 
  p. 
  m. 
  Ap. 
  20. 
  That 
  night 
  

   they 
  camped 
  without 
  fires. 
  Next 
  morning 
  they 
  marched 
  early, 
  

  

  