﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  363 
  

  

  fording 
  an 
  arm 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  lake, 
  both 
  wide 
  and 
  deep. 
  An 
  

   Indian 
  was 
  captured 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  creek, 
  and 
  the 
  surprise 
  of 
  the 
  

   three 
  towns 
  was 
  complete, 
  12 
  Indians 
  being 
  killed, 
  32 
  captured 
  

   and 
  much 
  plunder 
  taken. 
  By 
  Ap. 
  24 
  all 
  were 
  in 
  Fort 
  Stanwix 
  

   again, 
  with 
  much 
  spoil 
  and 
  little 
  glory. 
  

  

  The 
  Oneidas 
  at 
  once 
  sent 
  to 
  know 
  the 
  reason 
  of 
  these 
  harsh 
  

   measures, 
  and 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  made 
  a 
  manly 
  statement 
  of 
  their 
  

   hard 
  case 
  and 
  severe 
  usage. 
  Their 
  chiefs 
  had 
  probably 
  done 
  the 
  

   best 
  they 
  could. 
  Colonel 
  Van 
  Schaick 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  followed 
  

   orders, 
  and 
  added 
  that 
  " 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  have 
  been 
  great 
  mur- 
  

   derers 
  ; 
  we 
  have 
  found 
  the 
  scalps 
  of 
  our 
  brethren 
  at 
  their 
  castle." 
  

   At 
  a 
  later 
  day 
  their 
  treatment 
  has 
  seemed 
  unwise 
  and 
  unjust. 
  

   It 
  turned 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  into 
  open 
  foes, 
  though 
  Maj. 
  Jeremiah 
  

   Fogg 
  said 
  the 
  following 
  September 
  that 
  some 
  Onondagas 
  were 
  

   still 
  friendly. 
  In 
  fact, 
  Iroquois 
  history 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  a 
  forgiving 
  

   spirit, 
  usually 
  preferring 
  atonement 
  to 
  revenge, 
  but, 
  when 
  chosen, 
  

   revenge 
  was 
  terrible. 
  

  

  About 
  this 
  time 
  attacks 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  Stone 
  Arabia, 
  Fort 
  

   Plain 
  and 
  Schoharie, 
  with 
  slight 
  damage. 
  In 
  April 
  40 
  Indians 
  

   attacked 
  and 
  burned 
  Lackawaxen 
  in 
  the 
  Delaware 
  valley. 
  

   Whatever 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  may 
  have 
  done 
  before, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  

   were 
  now 
  hostile, 
  and 
  300 
  attacked 
  Cobleskill 
  and 
  drew 
  some 
  

   troops 
  into 
  an 
  ambush, 
  where 
  22 
  were 
  killed. 
  Brant 
  destroyed 
  

   Minisink, 
  July 
  20, 
  carrying 
  off 
  much 
  spoil. 
  Being 
  hotly 
  and 
  

   rashly 
  pursued, 
  his 
  enemies 
  were 
  defeated 
  with 
  heavy 
  loss. 
  

   Thence 
  he 
  made 
  a 
  brief 
  raid 
  on 
  the 
  Mohawk, 
  before 
  going 
  to 
  

   Tioga. 
  Indian 
  hostilities 
  were 
  incessant 
  farther 
  south. 
  

  

  General 
  Haldimand 
  had 
  a 
  conference 
  at 
  Quebec 
  Aug. 
  20, 
  with 
  

   Teyohagweanda, 
  a 
  principal 
  Onondaga 
  chief, 
  and 
  three 
  Cayugas. 
  

   They 
  asked 
  why 
  Oswego 
  was 
  not 
  occupied, 
  as 
  they 
  had 
  long 
  

   wished. 
  He 
  explained, 
  adding 
  that 
  they 
  need 
  not 
  fear 
  the 
  

   Americans 
  would 
  attack 
  their 
  country. 
  They 
  only 
  cared 
  to 
  

   secure 
  their 
  frontiers, 
  but 
  he 
  would 
  advise 
  the 
  seven 
  nations 
  of 
  

   Canada 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  against 
  them. 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  reason 
  for 
  their 
  fears, 
  for 
  Sullivan 
  was 
  even 
  then 
  

   on 
  his 
  desolating 
  march. 
  General 
  Clinton 
  received 
  his 
  orders 
  

  

  