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The relationship between the French and the Iroquois had been strained long before King Philip's War, as the French maintained relations with other tribes as well for both trade and war alliances, such as the Abenaki. [5] In 1679, after the end of the Iroquois war with the Susquehannock and the Mahican, the Iroquois raided native villages in ...
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During the winter of 1777–78, Major John Butler, Mohawk war leader Joseph Brant, and the leaders of the other British-allied Iroquois developed plans to attack frontier settlements in New York and Pennsylvania. [2] In February 1778, Brant established a base of operations at Onaquaga (present-day Windsor, New York). He recruited a mix of ...
An assortment of club weapons from the Wujing Zongyao from left to right: flail, metal bat, double flail, truncheon, mace, barbed mace. A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or impact weapon) is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon or tool [1] since prehistory.
The governor of New York state, George Clinton, was constantly pressuring the Iroquois to sell their land to white settlers, and as alcoholism became a major problem in the Iroquois communities, many did sell their land to buy more alcohol, usually to unscrupulous agents of land companies. [134]
Onaquaga (also spelled many other ways) was a large Iroquois village, located on both sides of the Susquehanna River near present-day Windsor, New York.During the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Army destroyed it and nearby Unadilla in October 1778 in retaliation for British and Iroquois attacks on frontier communities.
With the failure of British General John Burgoyne's campaign to the Hudson after the Battles of Saratoga in October 1777, the American Revolutionary War in upstate New York became a frontier war. [1] British leaders in the Province of Quebec supported Loyalist and Native American partisan fighters with supplies and armaments. [ 2 ]
That same year, 15 acres (6.1 hectares) of land including the park was deeded to the State of New York and named the Newtown Battlefield Reservation. A new 80 foot (24 m) granite obelisk monument was erected and dedicated in 1912. Further expansion eventually resulted in the creation of the 372 acres (1.51 km 2) Newtown Battlefield State Park. [10]