﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  369 
  

  

  andoah, 
  who 
  Abraham 
  Denne 
  told 
  Schoolcraft 
  " 
  was 
  a 
  tory 
  in 
  the 
  

   war, 
  notwithstanding 
  his 
  high 
  name." 
  In 
  1777 
  he 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  

   four 
  mentioned 
  who 
  refused 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  Niagara 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  an 
  American 
  partizan. 
  The 
  testimony 
  to 
  this 
  seems 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  and 
  unanswerable. 
  The 
  Oneidas, 
  being 
  threatened, 
  now 
  

   asked 
  a 
  refuge 
  for 
  their 
  families 
  among 
  the 
  whites, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  

   placed 
  near 
  Schenectady 
  till 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  war. 
  

  

  In 
  July 
  Brant, 
  with 
  600 
  Indians 
  and 
  200 
  white 
  men, 
  cut 
  off 
  

   communication 
  between 
  Fort 
  Stanwix 
  and 
  German 
  Flats, 
  cap- 
  

   turing 
  53 
  men. 
  That 
  month 
  Colonel 
  Johnson 
  reported 
  that 
  330 
  

   Oneidas 
  had 
  joined 
  him, 
  100 
  being 
  men, 
  and 
  70 
  had 
  been 
  con- 
  

   tinually 
  with 
  his 
  war 
  parties. 
  He 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  those 
  with 
  the 
  

   Americans 
  would 
  soon 
  follow. 
  In 
  June 
  the 
  Indians 
  had 
  killed 
  

   or 
  captured 
  156 
  persons 
  and 
  destroyed 
  much 
  property, 
  and 
  all 
  

   had 
  " 
  been 
  effected 
  without 
  acts 
  of 
  cruelty." 
  The 
  Six 
  Nations 
  

   numbered 
  1600 
  men, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  those 
  southward. 
  Of 
  these, 
  

   1200 
  were 
  warriors, 
  and 
  836 
  were 
  then 
  in 
  service. 
  The 
  next 
  year 
  

   he 
  said 
  they 
  had 
  distinguished 
  themselves 
  more 
  than 
  usual, 
  and 
  

   there 
  were 
  generally 
  500 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  

  

  Aug. 
  2 
  Brant 
  attacked 
  Canajoharie 
  with 
  450 
  Indians, 
  burning 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  houses, 
  killing 
  14 
  persons, 
  and 
  taking 
  50 
  prisoners 
  

   there, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  several 
  hundred 
  head 
  of 
  cattle. 
  The 
  militia 
  were 
  

   up 
  the 
  river, 
  guarding 
  boats. 
  In 
  all 
  he 
  killed 
  24 
  and 
  took 
  73 
  

   persons. 
  That 
  month 
  General 
  Schuyler 
  sent 
  five 
  Caughnawagas 
  

   and 
  13 
  Oneidas 
  and 
  Tuscaroras 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  French 
  in 
  Rhode 
  

   Island. 
  They 
  were 
  well 
  received 
  and 
  were 
  given 
  French 
  medals. 
  

  

  Sir 
  John 
  Johnson 
  invaded 
  Schoharie 
  valley 
  in 
  September. 
  He 
  

   and 
  Brant 
  were 
  joined 
  at 
  Unadilla 
  by 
  Cornplanter 
  and 
  the 
  Sen- 
  

   ecas, 
  the 
  united 
  force 
  being 
  about 
  1500 
  men. 
  They 
  attacked 
  the 
  

   Middleburg 
  fort, 
  but 
  failed 
  to 
  take 
  it. 
  Going 
  thence, 
  they 
  ravaged 
  

   the 
  Schoharie 
  valley 
  and 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk. 
  At 
  Stone 
  

   Arabia 
  Colonel 
  Brown 
  was 
  killed 
  with 
  40 
  Americans. 
  General 
  

   Van 
  Rensselaer 
  pursued, 
  attacked 
  and 
  defeated 
  Sir 
  John 
  at 
  

   Klock's 
  Field, 
  but 
  he 
  escaped 
  in 
  the 
  night. 
  One 
  incident 
  of 
  his 
  

   retreat 
  was 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  Captain 
  Vrooman's 
  party 
  at 
  the 
  

   old 
  stockade 
  at 
  Canaseraga, 
  now 
  Chittenango 
  creek. 
  They 
  had 
  

  

  