Broome county . ory over the Iroquois. Severalbatile-i were fought between the different nations soon after inwhich the Iroquois were usually successful, in one they almostentirely exterminated the Adriondacks. In a war brokeout between the Five Nations and the Andastes who npf>iipied on his return. Also about this time (1776) the Six Xations hada great gathering at Oquago near Windsor, an i Col. .lohnHarper went thither to ascertain the meaning. lie was wellreceived and became convinced that the savages would take noaction in the war. Brant ap, eared with these Indians sometime later
Broome county . ory over the Iroquois. Severalbatile-i were fought between the different nations soon after inwhich the Iroquois were usually successful, in one they almostentirely exterminated the Adriondacks. In a war brokeout between the Five Nations and the Andastes who npf>iipied on his return. Also about this time (1776) the Six Xations hada great gathering at Oquago near Windsor, an i Col. .lohnHarper went thither to ascertain the meaning. lie was wellreceived and became convinced that the savages would take noaction in the war. Brant ap, eared with these Indians sometime later and went with a band of warriors to Unadilla. interviewed him there and became convinced !l,.it theIndians would act in concert with the British. The Indiansand Gen. Herkimer fought the bloody battle of Oriskany soonafter. Brant destroyed the village of Springfield on Otsego Lake,also together with Butler committed the bloody Massacre of(Cherry Valley and later the one at JMinisink. To avenge these. CHENANGO RIVER BRIDGE Looking down on the whicii connects Ci)Urt ami Main View uplocation of \hv Ilif^li School at the Iclt, anil Iirst Congregational Clun-cli at the right. this country; this war lasted with varying success fortwenty years,but linally terminated successfully for the IroquoisWe pass over a very interesting period of over one hundredyears of our Nations early history, because it does not seem topossess any points which in any particular degree can be con-nected with the early history of our county. During theRevolution both armies tried to employ the Indians of the SixNations as allies. < ren. Schuyler argued that they would costthe colonists more than they were worth and so it proved. Main Street sh ( with 3500 men marched up the Sus(|uehanna fromPennsylvannia, while a divison started by the way of theMohawk to meet him. They passed down the Susquehannareceiving a r
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