Outline history of Utica and vicinity . milton College is theoutgrowth, served as Chaplain at Fort Stanwix during theRevolution. To the influence of this eminent missionary toFiskes Am. ^^^ Indians of Western New York, and to the efforts of the Rev. , pp 285-92. pioneer settler of Westmoreland, Judge James Dean, is Colls,, pp. 362-due the action of the Oneidas in remaining neutral during4,376 the War for Independence. Through the labors of Mr. JonessAnnals . . 203-20, 744,853-Kirkland, the Oneidas and their celebrated chief, Skenan-t ,. , -., doah, embraced the Christian religion. They we
Outline history of Utica and vicinity . milton College is theoutgrowth, served as Chaplain at Fort Stanwix during theRevolution. To the influence of this eminent missionary toFiskes Am. ^^^ Indians of Western New York, and to the efforts of the Rev. , pp 285-92. pioneer settler of Westmoreland, Judge James Dean, is Colls,, pp. 362-due the action of the Oneidas in remaining neutral during4,376 the War for Independence. Through the labors of Mr. JonessAnnals . . 203-20, 744,853-Kirkland, the Oneidas and their celebrated chief, Skenan-t ,. , -., doah, embraced the Christian religion. They were known as Lothrops Life *^ - of Kirkland. the tribe of the Upright Stone. This sacred stone wastheir national altar, and they gathered around it from year toyear to celebrate solemn religious rites and to worship theSchoolcrafts ^^^^^ Spirit. The moral qualities of the Oneidas led Pas-Notes on the tor Kirkland to pronounce them the noblest of the Six Iroquois, p. 46. , . Nations. The sacred stone of the Oneidas now stands in Forest. Saturda> Globe. ONEIDA STONE, EARLIEST HISTORY, 5 Hill Cemetery, near the entrance. This valuable histori-^/Jf^^*^**^ • of Town of cal relic was brought from Stockbridge, Madison County, Kirkiand, p. 7- o 20. m 1849. Fort Stanwix was the scene of important treaties andconferences between the Colonies and the Six among them is the Convention of November 5,1768, which established the line of property, or bound-ary line between the Six Nations and the Colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia—Joness Annais p. the source of hostilities and the subject of continued dispute and controversy. Near the foot of College Hill, Clinton, the Class of 87 of Hamilton College has erected a stone to mark the line of property as fixed by the treaty of Fort Stanwix, signed for the Crown by General Indian Agent Sir William Johnson. In 17S4 a treaty was signed at Fort Stanwix in whichpeace was established betw
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