﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  367 
  

  

  Colonel 
  Gansevoort 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  Fort 
  Stanwix 
  with 
  100 
  men. 
  

   Under 
  orders, 
  he 
  went 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  Mohawk 
  castle 
  and 
  

   made 
  all 
  prisoners 
  there. 
  These 
  " 
  Indians 
  lived 
  much 
  better 
  

   than 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  River 
  farmers." 
  General 
  Schuyler 
  

   remonstrated, 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  peaceable 
  disposition 
  and 
  the 
  

   pledged 
  public 
  faith. 
  They 
  were 
  soon 
  released. 
  This 
  party 
  

   camped 
  at 
  Skoiyase 
  the 
  first 
  night, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  at 
  Owasco 
  lake, 
  

   passing 
  Skaneateles 
  lake 
  and 
  reaching 
  the 
  deserted 
  Onondaga 
  

   village 
  the 
  following 
  evening. 
  The 
  next 
  camp 
  was 
  6 
  miles 
  east 
  

   of 
  Canaseraga, 
  and 
  Fort 
  Stanwix 
  was 
  reached 
  Sep. 
  24. 
  

  

  Aug. 
  11 
  Colonel 
  Brodhead 
  left 
  Pittsburg 
  against 
  the 
  Senecas 
  

   and 
  Mingoes 
  on 
  the 
  Allegheny 
  river. 
  A 
  skirmish 
  took 
  place 
  

   before 
  he 
  reached 
  Cannowago, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  long 
  deserted. 
  

   Other 
  Indian 
  towns 
  were 
  abandoned 
  as 
  he 
  advanced 
  and 
  were 
  

   burned. 
  The 
  upper 
  Seneca 
  town 
  Yoghroonwago 
  was 
  destroyed 
  

   with 
  others. 
  In 
  this 
  march 
  of 
  400 
  miles 
  not 
  a 
  man 
  was 
  lost, 
  and 
  

   135 
  large 
  cabins 
  were 
  burned, 
  each 
  holding 
  several 
  families. 
  

   There 
  were 
  indications 
  that 
  all 
  these 
  Senecas 
  were 
  preparing 
  to 
  

   remove. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  in 
  great 
  distress 
  through 
  the 
  winter, 
  

   many 
  dying 
  from 
  pestilence. 
  Other 
  nations 
  were 
  awed 
  and 
  

   began 
  to 
  treat 
  for 
  peace. 
  

  

  Except 
  in 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  life, 
  for 
  Sullivan's 
  morning 
  and 
  evening 
  

   guns 
  kept 
  the 
  Indians 
  at 
  a 
  safe 
  distance, 
  these 
  expeditions 
  differed 
  

   in 
  no 
  respect 
  from 
  the 
  Indian 
  raids 
  on 
  the 
  frontier, 
  and 
  gave 
  to 
  

   Washington 
  and 
  his 
  successors 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Ha-no-da-ga'-nears, 
  

   Destroyer 
  of 
  Towns, 
  one 
  name 
  of 
  some 
  French 
  governors. 
  Corn- 
  

   planter 
  spoke 
  of 
  this 
  in 
  his 
  pathetic 
  speech 
  to 
  Washington 
  in 
  

   1790: 
  

  

  When 
  your 
  army 
  entered 
  the 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  we 
  

   called 
  you 
  the 
  Town 
  Destroyer 
  ; 
  and 
  to 
  this 
  day, 
  when 
  that 
  name 
  

   is 
  heard, 
  our 
  women 
  look 
  behind 
  them 
  and 
  turn 
  pale, 
  and 
  our 
  

   children 
  cling' 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  necks 
  of 
  their 
  mothers. 
  Our 
  coun- 
  

   cilors 
  and 
  warriors 
  are 
  men, 
  and 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  afraid 
  ; 
  but 
  their 
  

   hearts 
  are 
  grieved 
  with 
  the 
  fears 
  of 
  our 
  women 
  and 
  children, 
  

   and 
  desire 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  buried 
  so 
  deep 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  heard 
  no 
  more. 
  

   When 
  you 
  gave 
  us 
  peace, 
  we 
  called 
  you 
  father, 
  because 
  you 
  

  

  