﻿370 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  destroyed 
  some 
  of 
  his 
  boats 
  there, 
  near 
  what 
  was 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  

   turtle 
  tree. 
  

  

  Brant's 
  Indians 
  were 
  about 
  German 
  Flats 
  in 
  January 
  1781, 
  

   and 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  spring 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  same, 
  there 
  being 
  depreda- 
  

   tions 
  at 
  Minisink, 
  Currietown, 
  Cherry 
  Valley 
  and 
  elsewhere. 
  In 
  

   that 
  year 
  Col. 
  Marinus 
  Willett 
  took 
  command 
  and 
  changed 
  the 
  

   situation. 
  Brant 
  had 
  intended 
  to 
  attack 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  in 
  their- 
  

   new 
  quarters 
  in 
  March, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  do 
  so. 
  On 
  the 
  contrary, 
  in 
  

   July 
  Colonel 
  Willett 
  attacked 
  and 
  defeated 
  an 
  Indian 
  force 
  under 
  

   Ouackack, 
  killing 
  40. 
  In 
  August 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  Indian 
  raid 
  in 
  

   Ulster 
  county, 
  and 
  Wawarsing 
  was 
  burned. 
  Cobleskill 
  was 
  also 
  

   attacked, 
  but 
  in 
  October 
  Willett 
  drove 
  the 
  enemy 
  from 
  the 
  valley. 
  

  

  Brant 
  and 
  Major 
  Ross 
  did 
  some 
  damage 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   that 
  month, 
  and 
  Majors 
  Ross 
  and 
  Butler 
  came 
  to 
  Johnstown 
  

   Oct. 
  24, 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  Oswego 
  and 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  Colonel 
  Willett 
  

   reached 
  Fort 
  Hunter 
  the 
  next 
  morning, 
  going 
  in 
  pursuit 
  as 
  soon 
  

   as 
  he 
  could 
  cross 
  the 
  river. 
  A 
  battle 
  followed, 
  continuing 
  till 
  

   dark, 
  with 
  varying 
  fortune, 
  when 
  Butler 
  retreated. 
  Willett 
  was 
  

   joined 
  by 
  60 
  Oneidas 
  and 
  started 
  up 
  West 
  Canada 
  creek 
  in 
  hot 
  

   pursuit. 
  A 
  running 
  fight 
  followed, 
  and 
  Walter 
  Butler 
  was 
  killed 
  

   by 
  an 
  Oneida, 
  his 
  forces 
  were 
  defeated 
  and 
  many 
  prisoners 
  were 
  

   made. 
  Some 
  escaped 
  into 
  the 
  wilderness, 
  destitute 
  of 
  provisions. 
  

   A 
  party 
  sent 
  to 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  to 
  destroy 
  Butler's 
  boats, 
  failed 
  of 
  

   doing 
  this, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  wanted. 
  

  

  The 
  British 
  at 
  Detroit 
  were 
  not 
  favorable 
  to 
  the 
  neighboring 
  

   Moravian 
  Indian 
  towns, 
  and 
  in 
  1781 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  

   at 
  Niagara 
  for 
  their 
  removal. 
  They 
  sent 
  word 
  to 
  the 
  Ottawas 
  

   and 
  Ojibwas: 
  " 
  We 
  make 
  you 
  a 
  present 
  of 
  the 
  Christian 
  Indians 
  

   to 
  make 
  soup 
  of 
  ; 
  " 
  but 
  neither 
  they 
  nor 
  the 
  Wyandots 
  would 
  

   interfere. 
  Not 
  long 
  after 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  treacherously 
  

   destroyed. 
  

  

  In 
  1782 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  35 
  Indians 
  took 
  some 
  prisoners 
  at 
  Palatine, 
  

   carrying 
  them 
  to 
  Canada, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  soon 
  released, 
  war 
  being 
  

   practically 
  ended 
  on 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river. 
  

  

  In 
  February 
  1783 
  Colonel 
  Willett 
  made 
  an 
  attempt 
  to 
  capture 
  

   Oswego, 
  sending 
  a 
  party 
  from 
  Canajoharie 
  in 
  sleighs. 
  They 
  

  

  