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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 5: (search)
iance of the British with the Six Nations, they built a line of ten forts as places of refuge. The Seneca tribe kept fresh in memory their chiefs Chap. V.} 1778. June. and braves who fell in the conflict with the New York husbandmen at Oriskany. Their king, Sucingerachton, was both in war and in council the foremost man in all the Six Nations. Compared with him, the Mohawk, Brandt, who had been but very lately known upon the war path, was lightly esteemed. Haldimand to Germain, 15 Sept., 1779. Brandt was not at Wyoming. This appears from Butler's report; and compare Brodhead Documents, VIII. 752. His attachment to the English increased to a passion on the alliance of America with the French, for whom he cherished implacable hate. Through his interest, and by the blandishments of gifts and pay and chances of revenge, Colonel John Butler lured the Seneca warriors to cross the border of Pennsylvania under the British flag. The party of savages and rangers, numbering betwee