﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  377 
  

  

  Governor 
  Simcoe 
  kept 
  hostile 
  feelings 
  alive, 
  and 
  in 
  April 
  1794 
  

   he 
  went 
  from 
  Detroit 
  to 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Maumee 
  rapids 
  and 
  began 
  

   building 
  a 
  fort 
  on 
  American 
  territory. 
  The 
  western 
  Indians 
  

   said 
  he 
  supplied 
  them 
  with 
  all 
  things 
  red, 
  and 
  would 
  aid 
  them 
  

   with 
  1500 
  men. 
  A 
  Spanish 
  agent 
  also 
  came 
  to 
  stir 
  them 
  up 
  and 
  

   offer 
  aid. 
  The 
  Americans 
  prepared 
  for 
  war, 
  and 
  some 
  things 
  

   happened 
  to 
  alienate 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  from 
  them. 
  Cornplanter 
  

   and 
  others 
  had 
  sold 
  Presque 
  Isle 
  to 
  Pennsylvania, 
  and 
  it 
  prepared 
  

   to 
  take 
  possession 
  contrary 
  to 
  their 
  wish, 
  as 
  they 
  claimed 
  that 
  

   the 
  sale 
  was 
  irregular. 
  General 
  Gibson 
  wrote 
  to 
  Governor 
  Mif- 
  

   flin 
  June 
  11, 
  1794, 
  " 
  From 
  every 
  account, 
  I 
  have 
  every 
  reason 
  to 
  

   believe 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  mean 
  to 
  be 
  hostile." 
  Cornplanter 
  thought 
  

   war 
  certain, 
  and 
  bragged 
  of 
  what 
  he 
  would 
  do 
  against 
  the 
  Ameri- 
  

   cans, 
  but 
  Washington 
  wished 
  to 
  avoid 
  trouble 
  and 
  proposed 
  a 
  

   council. 
  June 
  27 
  General 
  Wilkins 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  : 
  

  

  Our 
  peace 
  or 
  war 
  with 
  them 
  depends 
  on 
  our 
  being 
  in 
  peace 
  -or 
  

   war 
  with 
  the 
  English. 
  The 
  Senecas, 
  who 
  are 
  the 
  best 
  dispqsed 
  

   of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nation 
  tribes, 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  English 
  have 
  bought 
  

   over 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  tribes, 
  but 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  determined 
  to 
  be 
  

   neutral 
  ; 
  but 
  if 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  English 
  war, 
  their 
  neutrality 
  is 
  not 
  

   to 
  be 
  depended 
  on. 
  

  

  Wayne's 
  victory 
  turned 
  the 
  scale, 
  and 
  Washington's 
  prudent 
  

   measures 
  averted 
  local 
  trouble. 
  In 
  Wayne 
  the 
  Indians 
  found 
  a 
  

   sleepless 
  foe, 
  wise 
  and 
  watchful. 
  Their 
  attempt 
  to 
  capture 
  one 
  

   of 
  his 
  trains, 
  June 
  30, 
  was 
  defeated, 
  and 
  he 
  marched 
  on. 
  July 
  

   20, 
  1794, 
  he 
  completely 
  routed 
  them 
  at 
  Maumee 
  rapids, 
  pursuing 
  

   the 
  enemy 
  and 
  destroying 
  everything 
  of 
  theirs 
  under 
  the 
  walls 
  

   of 
  the 
  British 
  fort. 
  It 
  was 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  Indians 
  revived 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  Long 
  Knives 
  for 
  the 
  Americans. 
  In 
  contemporane- 
  

   ous 
  accounts 
  these 
  rapids 
  are 
  always 
  called 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Miami. 
  

  

  Brant 
  was 
  not 
  there, 
  but 
  he 
  and 
  many 
  Mohawks 
  went 
  west- 
  

   ward 
  in 
  September. 
  He 
  then 
  " 
  said 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  war 
  unwill- 
  

   ingly, 
  but 
  he 
  was 
  compelled, 
  and 
  must 
  go, 
  for 
  war 
  was 
  contrived 
  

   merely 
  for 
  this, 
  to 
  exterminate 
  the 
  Indians." 
  Some 
  Senecas 
  and 
  

   Onondagas 
  were 
  there. 
  Oheknugh, 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  chief, 
  was 
  

   slain, 
  but 
  Oundiaga 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  his 
  warriors 
  escaped. 
  

  

  