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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  promised 
  to 
  secure 
  us 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  our 
  lands. 
  Do 
  this, 
  

   and 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  lands 
  shall 
  remain, 
  that 
  beloved 
  name 
  will 
  

   live 
  in 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  every 
  Seneca. 
  

  

  Oct. 
  10 
  Col. 
  Guy 
  and 
  Sir 
  John 
  Johnson 
  left 
  Sodus 
  bay 
  for 
  

   Oswego 
  with 
  a 
  considerable 
  force, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  Brant 
  and 
  

   his 
  Indians. 
  The 
  Canadian 
  Indians 
  refused 
  to 
  go 
  against 
  the 
  

   Oneidas 
  or 
  Fort 
  Stanwix, 
  and 
  all 
  went 
  into 
  winter 
  quarters, 
  

   Colonel 
  Johnson 
  returning 
  to 
  Niagara, 
  where 
  2628 
  Indians 
  

   remained 
  in 
  October, 
  and 
  about 
  1000 
  white 
  refugees. 
  There 
  

   were 
  5036 
  there 
  Sep. 
  21, 
  to 
  be 
  fed, 
  but 
  parties 
  went 
  out 
  on 
  raids. 
  

   Johnson 
  said 
  these 
  Indians 
  " 
  will 
  no 
  longer 
  wear 
  tinsel 
  lace, 
  and 
  

   are 
  become 
  good 
  judges 
  of 
  gold 
  and 
  silver." 
  

  

  A 
  party 
  attacked 
  German 
  Flats 
  in 
  February 
  1780, 
  and 
  in 
  March 
  

   another 
  did 
  some 
  damage 
  at 
  Palatine. 
  In 
  April 
  Brant 
  surprised 
  

   and 
  burned 
  Harpersfield, 
  but 
  treated 
  the 
  prisoners 
  well. 
  Colonel 
  

   Harper 
  gave 
  him 
  false 
  information 
  about 
  Schoharie, 
  which 
  

   deterred 
  him 
  from 
  raiding 
  that 
  region, 
  but 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  men 
  entered 
  

   Ulster 
  county, 
  taking 
  some 
  prisoners, 
  who 
  afterward 
  killed 
  their 
  

   captors 
  and 
  escaped. 
  

  

  In 
  May 
  Sir 
  John 
  Johnson 
  entered 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley 
  with 
  500 
  

   men, 
  few 
  of 
  whom 
  were 
  Indians, 
  coming 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  Lake 
  Cham- 
  

   plain 
  and 
  reaching 
  Johnstown 
  May 
  21. 
  There 
  his 
  force 
  divided, 
  

   one 
  party 
  going 
  to 
  Tribes 
  Hill 
  and 
  Cayadutta 
  creek, 
  doing 
  much 
  

   damage. 
  Butler 
  and 
  Brant 
  were 
  also 
  busy 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  river. 
  In 
  June 
  all 
  the 
  Canaseraga 
  Tuscaroras 
  went 
  over 
  to 
  

   the 
  enemy, 
  and 
  " 
  two 
  families 
  of 
  the 
  Oneidas, 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  who 
  had 
  joined 
  us 
  since 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  their 
  village." 
  

   Other 
  Oneidas 
  followed, 
  but 
  most 
  remained. 
  Col. 
  Guy 
  Johnson 
  

   said 
  that 
  500 
  Oneidas 
  came 
  that 
  year, 
  ready 
  to 
  fight 
  the 
  Ameri- 
  

   cans. 
  " 
  The 
  last 
  party 
  that 
  arrived 
  delivered 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  Superin- 
  

   tendent 
  a 
  commission 
  which, 
  he 
  says, 
  ' 
  the 
  Rebels 
  had 
  issued 
  

   with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  into 
  a 
  corps. 
  . 
  . 
  they 
  also 
  

   delivered 
  up 
  to 
  me 
  the 
  Rebel 
  flag.' 
  " 
  

  

  Schonendoh 
  and 
  Peter 
  were 
  then 
  prisoners 
  at 
  Niagara, 
  but 
  a 
  

   family 
  who 
  returned 
  in 
  December 
  said 
  that 
  Brant, 
  Schonendoh 
  

   and 
  Peter 
  persuaded 
  them 
  to 
  go. 
  This 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  Sken- 
  

  

  