The old New York frontier : its wars with Indians and Tories, its missionary schools, pioneers, and land titles, 1614-1800, Part 27

Author: Halsey, Francis Whiting, 1851-1919. 4n
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Number of Pages: 496


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While undertaking to republish his reminiscences in pamphlet form, I began to write an introduction, setting forth events in village history previous to his arrival there in 1840. In this way I literally stumbled upon the events set forth in this volume. Born and reared in Unadilla, I had grown to manhood and been many years out of college, without gaining more than a shadowy impression of those events. Brant's name was known, and I had heard of an interview between him and General Herkimer, but I knew definitely nothing else in Brant's career. Of the massacre of Cherry Valley I had heard, but why, or when, or how it happened, I did not know.


These facts embraced the sole stock of information I had concerning the early history of this frontier. The genera- tion to which I belong had grown up ignorant of the stirring history of their own valley, simply because nothing had been published about it in their time, and the early chronicles had become scarce books. I then set about collecting material for a detailed record, including the annals of the village from its settlement down to 1840, and in the course of nearly ten years brought together a mass of material from a great variety of sources.


Its publication as a local history was planned, but about a year ago I decided to extract from the larger mass so much as might be presumed to have wider interest, and to seek to have it made public through a regular publishing house, re- serving the purely local matter for issue in some other way.


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Index


ABBOTT, WILLIAM, 358 Abraham, Mohawk chief, 22


Afton, islands near, 27, 275 ; Gould Bacon settles on one of, 345


Agwrondougwas, Peter, a converted Indian, 68


Alagatinga, an Indian chief, his grave, 24


Albany, as a trading post, 8, 32, 34 ; Indians cheated at, 39 ; plate in St. Peter's Church at, 49 ; council at, 56; Congress of, 63 ; trade of, in danger, 88 ; conference at, with Ind- ians, 152 ; inhabitants of, preparing for flight, 302 ; Brant visits. 323


Albout, settlement of, 134; Colonel William Butler at, 234; General Clinton burns, 275


Alden, Colonel Ichabod, arrives in Cherry Valley, 223; sends out scouting party, 240; killed, 241, 242 ; blamed for massacre, 245; his grave, 246


Alger, Stoughton, 24, 129


Alsop, George, describes Susque- hanna Indians, 17


Andrews, Rev. William, missionary, 48


Andrustown, destroyed by Brant, 2II


Anne of Austria, 45


Anne, Queen, aids Palatines, 36; aids missionaries, 50


Arnold, General Benedict, relieves Fort Schuyler, 193; Walter But- ler's conviction under, 239 ; treason of, 295 ; meets Talleyrand in Eng- land, 369


Ashley, Mrs. B., an interpreter, 55, 56 Avery, John, 342


Avery, Revs. Henry and Peter, 80


BACON, GOULD, 343 ; his adventure in a freshet, 345


Bacon, Rev. James, 347, 373


Bainbridge, Turnpike from, to Eso- pus, 176 ; Colonel Timothy Church settles in, 342, 350 ; land values in, 394


Baits, David, 345, 397


Ballard, Captain, goes out from Cherry Valley as a scout, 224 Ballston burned, 300


Banyar, Gouldsborough, at the Al- bany Congress, 64 ; real owner of


the Wallace patent, III ; sketch of, II2-114 ; at Sir William Johnson's funeral, 162, 344, 345


Barclay, Rev. Henry, missionary, 50 Bateaux, description of, 121


Baxter, Levi, his mill site, 133, 342


Beach, A. H., 397


Beach, Ebenezer, 352


Beach, Timothy, 343; reaches the Ouleout, 347 ; his adventures, 350 ; his untimely fate, 352


Beach, William, 353


Beals, Abraham and Jacob, settle on the Susquehanna, 334


Beardsley, Levi, his Reminiscences, 125; describes Colonel Alden's grave when opened, 247; settles in Richfield, 343


Beatty, Lieutenant Erkuries, 261 ; his account of Clinton's descent of the Susquehanna, 274


Beaumetz, - visits the Susque- hanna with Talleyrand, 368, 369, 370


Beletre, -, destroys German Flats, 123


Bennington, battle of, 189


Benton, Caleb, 382, 383


Benton, Stephen, lands of, 109, 354, 382, 397 Betts, John M., 352


Betts, Samuel, 342


Bibliography, 403


Biddle, Joseph, 127


Binghamton, hostile Indians at, 66, 72, 352; first settlement of, 135, 354; Talleyrand at, 369


Bissell, Daniel, as a boy, 341, 353, 396 Bissell, Guido L., 353, 396


Bleeker, Captain Johannus, 35, 274 Bloomville, Scotch-Irish at, 348


Bolton, Colonel commands


Fort Niagara, 266


Bostwick, David, 383


Boswell, James, friend to Brant in London, 158


Boyd, Lieutenant Thomas, his hor- rible death, 282


Braddock, General Edward, defeat of, 65


Bradley Farm, meeting place of Her- kimer and Brant, 179


Bradley, Peter, 343


Bradstreet, Gen. John, his lands on the Susquehanna, 169


Bradt, Arendt, his patent, 94


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Brainerd, David, missionary, 52 Brant, Indians of that name, 158 Brant, Joseph, portrait of, frontis- piece; student at Lebanon, 70, I21; at Ft. Niagara and Lake George, 74 ; interpreter to mission- aries, 76; teaches Kirkland the Mohawk tongue, 78; visitor at Sleeper's house, 128; guide to Smith and Wells, 129, 141-142 ; home in Canajoharie, 140 ; his wife, I44; reply to Dr. Wheelock, 149; early life of, 157-161 ; goes to Lon- don, 162-164; social success in London, 165; on Staten Island, 165 ; described, 166; goes to Ogh- waga, 168 ; proposed apprehension of, 169; invades Mohawk Valley, 172 ; extent of his authority, 173, 184; at Unadilla, 173 ; disperses the Unadilla settlement, 173-175 ; aided by Tories at Unadilla, 176 ; interview with Herkimer at Una- dilla, 178-184; his loyalty to the King, 180; starts for Oswego, 185 ; ambushes Herkimer at Oriskany, 190; preparing to attack Cherry Valley, 204; returns to the Sus- quehanna, 207; at Cobleskill, 208; at Cherry Valley, 208-209; on the Charlotte River, 210; burns Spring- field, 211; with Butler at Chemung, 212; causes Wormwood's death, 208, 213; means to "fight the cruel rebels," 214 ; in the Old England district, 214 ; goes to Tioga Point, 215; collects provisions for But- ler, 215 ; expedition of, to Lacka- waxen, 215; not at Wyoming, 216; intends to attack Cherry Valley. 224, 225; destroys Ger- man Flats, 225-227 ; returns to Unadilla, 226; invades Minisink, 237 ; granddaughter of killed, 237 ; induced to go to Cherry Valley, 239; regrets killing of Wells fami- ly, 241 ; restraining influence of, at Cherry Valley, 247; kills a man for lying, 248; saves the life of a Mason, 248; at Sleeper's Mills, 250 ; portrait of, facing 158; tries to win over Oneidas and Tuscaro- ras, 263; at Oghwaga waiting for Clinton, 265 ; goes to the Mohawk, 269 ; goes to Newtown, 278; ready for battle, 279 ; described in action, 279 ; his skilful retreat at Newtown, 280; surprises Captain Harper, 288 ; invades Ulster, 289 ; his hu- manity, 290 ; starts from Niagara,


291 ; at Fort Schuyler, 292; de- stroys Canajoharie, 293 ; collecting his forces, 296 ; captures men sent out from Fort Schuyler, 299; scouts of, on the Mohawk, 302 ; in battle on Summit Lake, 305 ; takes cattle on the Mohawk, 309 ; orders horse killed for food, 311 ; secures lands for Indians after the war, 318; second visit to London, 320 ; entertained by the Prince of Wales, 321 ; his native dignity il- lustrated in London, 321 ; his home in Canada, 322 ; in Philadelphia and Albany, 323; letter from, about his school days, 324; his death, 324 ; his character, 325-327


Brant, King, Joseph's grandfather, 158


Brant, Mollie, 157; marries Si William Johnson, 159; her son William, 179


Brant, Nikus, 157


Brantford, home of Joseph Brant there, 322


Brant-Sero, J. O., in London, 322


Breck, Samuel, 369


Bressani, Joseph, priest among the Iroquois, 45


Brink, Aaron, 335


Brooks settlement, 212


Brown, Col. -, killed at Stone Arabia, 298


Brown, Squire -, settles on the Unadilla, 123


Bruehle, Stephen, visits the Susque- hanna, 33


Bruyar, Jacques, 44


Bryant, William C., of Buffalo, his estimate of Brant, 325


Buck Island, forces gathered at, 265 ; Sir John Johnson at, 296; an ex- pedition to, 303 ; Major Ross sails from, 305


Bull, Capt., -, a Tory, 179


Bundy, Capt, Peter, settles in Otego, 130


Burgoyne, Gen. John, his campaign,


185 ; captures Fort Ticonderoga,


188; his progress checked, 189; his surrender, 194


Burhans, Rev. Daniel, 374


Burnet, Governor William, young men sent to Oghwaga by, 38; builds fort at Oswego, 186


Burr, Aaron, introduces Brant to his daughter, 323; and the political wars of Otsego County, 367


Burr, Theodosia, entertains Brant, 323


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Bush, Elnathan, 345


Butler, Col. John, his patent, 103; commands Scotch Highlanders, 150; forbids Indians to injure set- tlements, 171; at Oriskany, 190; his Rangers, 203; treaty with Indians, 204; to join Brant, 210, 2II; at Tioga Point, 215 ; goes to Wyoming, 218; Pennamites with him at Wyoming, 220; regrets killing of Wells family, 241 ; at Newtown, 278; responsibility for Lieut. Boyd's death, 283; sails from Niagara, 291 ; invades the Mohawk, 292; lands of, confis- cated, 337


Butler, Capt. Walter, organizes Cherry Valley Massacre, 239; his barbarity at Cherry Valley, 249 ; at Newtown, 278 ; killed, 306- 307


Butler, Col. William, in command in Schoharie, 229-230; destroys Unadilla and Oghwaga. 234-236 ; starts to relieve Cherry Valley, 243; dams the lake at Coopers- town, 260 ; commands light infan- try, under Gen. Clinton, 272; de- stroys Indian villages on Cayuga Lake, 281; futility of his expe- dition to the Susquehanna, 314


Butler, Col. Zebulon, commands Forty Fort at Wyoming, 218


Butternut Creek, settlers on, 122, 127, 212; Tories on, 224 ; prisoners taken on, 227; Gen. Morris's ar- rival on, 366


Butts, Jacob, 342


CALDWELL, Capt. - , commands the enemy at German Flatts, 228


Campbell, Douglas, 118


Campbell, James, his coming to America, 120


Campbell, Col. Samuel, his house fortified, 168 ; succeeds Herkimer in command at Oriskany, 192, 238 ; returns to Cherry Valley, 333


Campbell, Mrs. Samuel, a prisoner at Cherry Valley, 250; at Kana- dasaga, 252


Campbell, Thomas, Brant wrongly put into his " Gertrude," 216


Campbell, W. W., his " Annals," 4; sketch of, 21-44 ; his father at the Cherry Valley massacre, 243; his account of Walter Butler's death, 307 ; reflections of, on the fate of the Iroquois, 317


Canadurango, Lake, settlements at, 124 ; scout on, 225 ; beaver dam at, 261


Canajoharie, chapel at, 51 ; Brant's home at, 140, 157, 160 ; patriots at, 148; Gen. Herkimer at, with his militia, 178 ; Gen. Clinton at, 258 ; destroyed by Brant, 293; men killed at, 302 ; Col. Willett at, 303 Washington visits, 333


Cannon, Mrs., put to death, 250


Carleton, Col. Guy, burns Ballston, 300


Carleton Island. See Buck Island Carr, John, builds mill on Carr's Creek, 133 ; aids Brant, 174


Carr, Percefer, settles in Edmeston, 123; Brant seeks food from, 183 : aids Tories, 212-213; made a prisoner, 226; Father Nash in his home, 376


Carr's Creek, 133, 351


Case, Samuel H., 380


Catherinetown, destroyed by the Sullivan Expedition, 280


Catskill Turnpike, 114 ; beginning of, 138, 354 ; a great highway, 379-391 Catskill, 384


Caughnawaga, invaded by Sir John Johnson, 291 ; devastation of com- pleted, 298


Caughnawaga, Canada, Mohawks living near, 319


Cayuga Lake, Indian villages on destroyed, 281


Cayugas, drawn into the war, 184 Chamberlain, Ivory, 378


Champlain, Samuel de, at Oswego, I86


Charlotte River, origin of the name, 30 ; Palatines make canoes on, 37 ; Sir William Johnson's patent on, IIO ; Brant on, 210 ; rafts made at mouth of, for prisoners, 251 ; Sir John Johnson at mouth of, 297 : lands on, confiscated, 337 ; road to, from the Hudson, 379, 388


Chatham, Earl of, on the employ- ment of Indians in the war, 164


Chemung, Brant with Butler at, 212; Sullivan expedition at, 278


Chemung River, rise in, after open- ing the dam at Otsego Lake, 272 Chenang, destroyed by Gen. Clinton, 276. See Binghamton


Cherry Valley, Gideon Hawley at, 66 ; during the French war, 67 ; Lindesay's patent at, 93 ; settled by Scotch-Irish, 119-121; roads to and from, 138-139 ; the church


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at, 140, 373 ; meeting of patriots in, 148 ; alarmed by news from Oghwaga, 166; Campbell house fortified at, 168 ; families arrive at, from Unadilla, 174; Col. Van Schaick goes to, with militia, 177 ; Herkimer returns to, 182 ; petition from, to Gov. Clinton, 204; to be attacked, 204-205 ; fort built at, 206; Brant invited to, 212; an expedition to, planned, 216, 224, 225 ; Col. Alden arrives in, 223; massacre of, 238-252; failure of authorities to defend, 239-240 ; the fort at, 245 ; monument at, facing 238 ; second massacre of, 302 ; Washington visits, 333; William Cooper arrives at, 357; on the Great Western Turnpike, 382


Choconut, destroyed by Gen. Clinton, 276


Chonobote, destroyed by the Sulli- van expedition, 281


Christiansen, Capt., 32


Church, Col. Timothy, settles in Bainbridge, 342


Clarke, George, his home on Otsego Lake, 94


Clarke, George, Lieut-Gov. 93


Claus, Col. Daniel, at Oswego, 185; letter from to Brant, 326


Clinton, Gov. George, his papers, 5; petition to, 204 ; criticises Gen. Gates, 222 ; advises sending mili- tia to Unadilla, 229 ; advises destruction of Oghwaga, 233 ; cor- respondence as to Gates, 255-257 ; sends Col. Gansevoort to Fort Schuyler, 293 ; suggest forts on the frontier, 315 ; visits Cherry Valley, 333


Clinton, Gen. James, on the Susque- hanna, 4 ; his brigade of the Sulli- van expedition, 258 ; builds dam at Otsego Lake, 260 ; sends Col. Van Schaick to Onondaga, 263 ; starts for Tioga Point, 271 ; portrait of, facing 272 ; descent of the Susque- hanna by, 271-277 ; reaches Tioga Point, 276


Clyde, Col. Samuel, goes to Una- dilla with Herkimer, 177 ; makes a report, 209, 227 ; at Oriskany, 238 ; on the destruction of Canajoharie, 293


Clyde, Dr. James D., 238


Cobleskill, Banyar's lands in, 112 ; battle of, 207-208 ; attacked, 305 Cockburn, William, 109


Colden, Alexander, surveyor, 109


Colden, Cadwalader, report of, on the Susquehanna, 38 ; and the land grievances of the Mohawks, 161 Collier, Isaac and Peter, 332 Colliers, Indians captured at, 172 ; Gen. Clinton at, 273-274 Cone, the brothers, 342


Conkey, Rev. Alexander, 373


Connecticut, emigration from, to frontier, 388 ; ancestral roots in, 339, 340, 342 ; people from, in Cooperstown, 358


Continental road, not opened by Gen. Clinton, 259


Conway, Gen. Thomas, warnings reach him from the frontier, 221 Cookoze. See Deposit


Cooper, J. Fenimore, his " Chron- icles of Cooperstown," 5 ; his early home, 104 ; his " Wyandotte," 112 ; arrives on Otsego Lake, 358, portrait of, facing 258; his writ- ings, 360


Cooper, Judge William, goes to Otsego Lake, 104; his work in settling the frontier, 357-364; Talleyrand his guest, 369 ; cost of his lands, 395


Cooperstown, site of an Indian re- sort, 21-23 ; George Croghan's lands at, 103 ; settled by Croghan, 126, 140-141 ; Gen. Clinton at, 261 ; settlers in from Connecticut, 343, 351 ; Talleyrand visits, 369 ; church at, 373 ; graves of Father Nash and Cooper at, 378


Corlear (or Van Curler), Arendt, saves Father Jogues, 45


Corn Planter, the, co-operating with Brant, 296; kindness of, to his white father, 299


Cornwallis, Gen. Lord, his sur- render, 208


Cosby's Manor Patent, 93


Council Rock, 21


Cox, Col. Ebenezer, angry words with Brant, 181 ; killed at Oris- kany, 190


Crafts, Capt. Samuel, 344


Croghan, Col. George, his Otsego patent, 103 : settles on, 126, 140- I41: note of unpaid, 169-170 ; Gen. Clinton on the site of his home, 261 ; loses his Otsego lands, 357


Crosby, Rev. Aaron, missionary, 81


Crysler, Adam, at Wyoming, 218, 219 ; goes to Vroomansville, 294 ; in battle at Summit Lake, 306


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Cully, Matthew, settles on the Sus- quehanna, 126; Gen. Clinton at his farm, 273 ; returns to his farm, 334


Cunahunta, an Oneida village, 27, 143 ; destroyed by Col. William Butler, 235 ; Gen. Clinton at, 274- 275


Currietown burned, 304


Cusick, David, his " History of the Six Nations," 25


Cutting, Leonard M., 395


DAKAZENENSERE, ISAAC, 77


Dartmouth College, origin of, 82 ; Brant sends his sons to, 323


Dartmouth, Earl of, employment of Indians in the war, 151


Deane, James, as interpreter, 80; as an Indian Commissioner, 210 ; at Otsego Lake, 262


De Forest, family of, settle on the Unadilla River, 123; Capt. Abel, 343


Delaware, the settlements on, in- vaded, 201 ; Brant gets supplies on, 207


Delaware County, western boundary of, 102


Delaware Indians, party of, captured on the Susquehanna, 74


Dellius, Rev. Dr. Godfriedus, among the Mohawks, 47


Demesses camp, Gen. Clinton at, 273


Dennison, Col., his agreement broken, 238


Depew, Chauncey M., 393


Deposit, formerly Cookoze, 101-102 ; Brant at, 237 ; railroad at, 390


Dickinson, Daniel S., 356


Diefendorf, Jacob, alive on his own grave, 304


Dietz, Capt., his family murdered, 305 ; his sufferings as a prisoner, 311


Dongan, Governor Thomas, his in- terest in the Susquehanna, 34; secures missionaries, 46; thwarts William Penn, 88-92


Donnelly, Terence, 383


Doxstader, John, commands Tories at Torlock, 304 ; a colt he lost, 311


Dunlop, Rev. Samuel, brings Scotch- Irish to Cherry Valley, 120; his church there, 140; escapes the massacre, 244


Dunnavan, Anthony, shot as a de- serter, 262


Dusler, John, his affidavit as to Her- kimer and Brant, 181


Dutch, the, as fur traders, 7, 87


Dwight, Rev. Dr. Timothy, his anecdote of Sir William Johnson and King Hendrick, 96; visits the Catskill Turnpike, 383-387


EAST SIDNEY, 349, 355


Edmeston, settlers in, 122, 123; three men killed at, 225


Edwards, Rev. Jonathan; interest in the Indians, 52, 54 ; at Stock- bridge, 56; hears from Gideon Hawley, 65


Edwards, Jonathan, Jr., at Oghwaga, 64


Eghwagy, Creek, white men reach, 35


Elerson, David, adventure of near Otsego Lake, 260: with the Sul- livan expedition, 283


Ellison, William, 357


Elm Grove, settled, 127


English, the, as fur traders, 8


Erie Canal, 389


Erie Railway, 389, 391


Esopus, turnpike to, 176; prisoners taken near, 293


Esther, Queen, at Wyoming, 219


E Tow O Koam, King of the River Indians in 1710 ; portrait of, facing 158


FENN, Rev. S., of Harpersfield, 172 Ferguson, William, 128


Fisher, Col. - , his failure to re- lieve Cherry Valley, 246


Forbes, Rev. Eli, at Oghwaga, 69, 72 Forbes, Virginia Isabel, the author's wife, dedication to, iii


Ford, Lieut .- Col. Jacob, sends out scouting parties, 213


Fort Dayton, 226 ; scalps taken at, 264; attacked, 295


Fort Herkimer, 226; troops at, 305 Fort Hunter, mission at, 49, 59; patent at, 92; Sir John Johnson at, 297


Fort Niagara, winter headquarters for Indians and Tories, 187 ; Brant at, 263 ; prisoners taken to, 289, 305


Fort Orange, 8, 32


Fort Oswego, British forces gathered at, 185; an ancient rendezvous, 186; attack from expected, 202; view of, facing 186; the enemy at, 291, 309; Willett attempts capture of, 309 ; Indians dismissed at, 310


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Fort Plank, 264


Fort Schuyler, new name for Fort Stanwix, 187; invested by St. Leger, 188; St. Leger's flight from, 194; Indians hovering about, 288; the enemy at, 292 ; suffering at, 300 ; its barracks burned, 302 ; abandoned, 305; settlement planted near, 339


Fort Stanwix, treaty of, 99-103 ; re- named Fort Schuyler, 187, which see ; 399


Forty Fort, besieged at Wyoming, 218, 238


Fox, Charles James, gives Brant a snuff-box, 320


Franchots, settle Louisville, 127


Franklin, Benjamin, 7 ; his Plan of Union, 63; at the treaty of Fort Stanwix, 100; scalp story attributed to, 313-314


Franklin, Col. William Butler in, 234 ; Sluman Wattles settles in, 348, 355, 373, 384


Franklin, William, 348, 357


Frederic, Harold, his " In the Val- ley," 249


Frontenac, Count Louis de Buode, burns Schenectady, 92; at Os- wego, 186


Fuller, Abraham, builds mills on the Ouleout, 135, 355


GAINE, HUGH, 108


Gano, Rev. John, chaplain of Gen- eral Clinton's brigade, 262 ; ac- count of departure from Otsego Lake, 271-272


Gansevoort, Colonel Peter, com- mands Fort Schuyler, 188 ; an- nounces attack on Cherry Valley as planned, 240; sent to Fort Schuyler, 293


Gates, General Horatio, neglect of frontier by, 221 ; responsibility for neglect, 255


Gathtsewarohare, destroyed by the Sullivan expedition, 281


Genesee country, Sullivan's expe- dition in, 281 ; New England men settle in, 338


Geneva. See Kanadesaga


George III, views as to Fort Stan- wix treaty, 102 ; receives Brant, 320


George IV entertains Brant, 321


Germaine, Lord George, Brant's in- terviews with, 162-164


German Flatts, massacre and burn- ing of, 67, 123 ; conference at with


Indians, 73 ; patriots of, 148 ; ren- dezvous of General Herkimer, 189; Arnold's relief force at, 193 ; scalp- ing parties near, 213 ; warnings as to attack on, 223 ; Brant destroys, 225-226; the enemy at, 288, 302 ; lands of Colonel Guy Johnson at, confiscated, 337 ; influx of settlers to, 339


Gilbert, Abijah, 368


Gilbertsville, 368


Glasford, -, a Tory, 235, 236, 275


Good Peter, chief of the Oneidas, 54; as a missionary, 68, 69


Goodyear, Jared, 343


Goodyear Mills, 23


Gordon, Dowager Duchess of, 127


Gould, Jay, his "History of Dela- ware County," 5, 120


Guild, Israel, 357


Grand River, lands of Mohawks on. 319


" Grant, Rev. Mr.," 376


Grants, New Hampshire, General Stark's attention to, 257, 34I


Gray, Captain William, his map, 130; describes the destruction of Ogh- waga, 235


Great Inland River, 19, 332


Greene, Talleyrand visits, 369


Groesbeck, John, his patent, 94


HALDIMAND, SIR FREDERICK, promises to the Indians, 150 ; "scalp story, 315 Halsey, Gaius Leonard, 388, 413


Halsey, Matthew, 344


Hamilton, Alexander, 368


Hancock, John, 151


Hand, General Edward, fails to pro- tect Cherry Valley, 239-240, 244,


246 ; visits Cherry Valley after the war, 333


Handsome Brook, Colonel William Butler's camp at its mouth, 236 Hanford, Uriah, 397


Hanna, William, goes to Unadilla with Herkimer, 178 ; his hotel, 385, 386, 387


Hare, Lieutenant Henry, hanged as a spy, 258


Harper, family of, settle in Cherry Valley, 120; settle in Harpers- field, 131 ; return to Harpersfield, 334


Harper, Captain Alexander, reports as to the enemy, 214 ; taken by Brant, 288 ; a chief saves his life, 290 ; opening roads, 380


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Harper, Colonel John, at school in Lebanon, 121 ; vigilance commit- tee formed in his house, 149; sent to Oghwaga, 169-171 ; captures Indians at Colliers, 171 ; at the in- terview between Brant and Her- kimer, 179; raises a company of light horse, 201 ; to raise state troops, 206 ; secures squadron of cavalry from Albany, 216; de- stroys Skoiyase, 281 ; watches Sir John Johnson, 296 ; relations with Indians after the war, 324 ; lands of, 348


Harper, Captain William, his pat- ent, 143; criticises Klock's con- duct at Cherry Valley, 246


Harpersfield, patent at, 131 ; vigil- ance committee formed at, 149 ; alarm at, 177 ; in Tory hands, 201 ; troops wanted at, 221 ; burned by . Brant, 289; settled again, 355 Hartford County, Conn., 339


Hartley, Colonel, follows Butler from Wyoming, 219; his action one of the causes of the Cherry Valley massacre, 229


Hartwick, John C., settles his pat- ent, 125


Hastings, Hugh, State Historian, his " Clinton Papers," 5


Hawley, Rev. Gideon, missionary, 23, 55 ; at Stockbridge, 57 ; goes to Oghwaga, 58-62 ; war inter- rupts his work, 63-67 ; labors else- where, 68


Hayes, Isaac, 343, 354, 389


Heckewelder, Rev. John, definition of the word Susquehanna, 18


Helmer, John A., gives warning to German Flatts, 223


Hendrick, King, at school in Stock- bridge, 56 ; anecdote of, 96 Hendrickson, 33


Herkimer, Abraham, 183


Herkimer, George, 183


Herkimer, Henry, his farm, 124, 212 Herkimer, General Nicholas, a Palatine, 38; sent to Unadilla, 177 ; interview with Brant, 178-184; calls out militia, 189 ; advance on Fort Schuyler, 190; at the battle of Oriskany, 190-192; wounded, 190; his death, 192


Herkimer County rapidly peopled, 339 Hicks, John, 128


Himmel, Baltus, 335


Hiokatoo, commands Senecas at Cherry Valley, 240, 247


Hotchkiss, Lemuel, 383


Honeoye, destroyed by the Sullivan expedition, 281


Honeyost, letters of, 83; eloquence of, 84


Houck flat, Herkimer's camp on, 179


Houghtaling, Abraham, 335


Howe, Sir William, sails for Ameri- ca, 165 ; Brant serves under, 168 House, John, captured by Brant, 269 Howard, Lord, of Effingham, 89 Hudson, Henry, 6


Hughston, James, 341, 349


Hughston, Jonas, 349


Hunt, Menad, 380


Hunt, Ransom, 342, 395


Huntington, Gurdon, 353


INGAREN, destroyed by General Clinton, 276


Iroquois, the greatest of all Indians,


II ; their coming to New York, 12 ; fort of, facing 12 ; their league, 13; their imperial domain, 14 ; never a numerous people, 15; their frontier lands, 16 ; trails of, 29 ; chiefs of, in London, 35, 50 ; Jesuit priests among, 43-47 ; Eng- lish missionaries to, 47-51 ; Elihu Spencer's labor among, 53 ; Gid- eon Hawley's, 56-68 ; four west- ern nations leaving the English, 69 ; Dr. Wheelock's interest in, 69-72, 76-79, 82; last missions among, 80-84; message from, to Charles II, 90 ; at the Fort Stan- wix treaty, 99-103 ; their course in the war, 149-156 ; land grievances of, 163; meet Herkimer at Una- dilla, 178 ; losses at Oriskany, 192: revenge their motive in the border wars, 195; council with, at Johns- town, 205; why they helped de- stroy Cherry Valley, 238; at massacre of Cherry Valley, 239- 252; attack Lackawaxen, 264; sent against Sullivan, 265 ; invade Minisink, 266 ; towns of, destroyed by Clinton, 276 ; at the battle of Newtown, 279; Sullivan destroys their villages, 280-283 ; they lay waste Schoharie and the Mohawk, 287-294; gather at Tioga Point, 296; the number of those who served in the war, 310 ; abandoned by the British, 310; their appall- ing losses, 316 ; their help to Eng- land in overthrowing France, 318 ;




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