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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 ...
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 ...
New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) is an electric and gas utility company owned by Avangrid that serves customers in New York. NYSEG was incorporated in 1852 as the Ithaca Gas Light Company. NYSEG was incorporated in 1852 as the Ithaca Gas Light Company.
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.
In January 1676, the Governor of New York colony, Edmund Andros, sent a letter to the chiefs of the Iroquois asking for their help in King Philip's War, as the English colonists in New England were having much difficulty fighting the Wampanoag led by Metacom. In exchange for precious guns from the English, an Iroquois war party devastated the ...
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.
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]
The Great Tree of Peace [of the] Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy-- Over a thousand years ago, the Peacemaker...Aiionwatha brought the Great Law of Peace (Kaianerekowa [6] [7]) to the warring Indian nations of what is now New York State. The message of Peace, Power, and the Good Mind resulted in the forming of the Haudenosaunee Iroquois ...