Ohio Arch]ological and Historical Quarterly (Volume 37)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...the Pluggystown Indians began operations early in '75, the Shawnese33 held long and divided councils before they at length resolved to support the authorities at Detroit. The Hurons determined to remain neutral but found themselves driven! 2 Two tribes of the Iroquois must be excepted, the Oneidas and Tuscaroras. 2 One of the shrewdest moves in the war was DePeyster's suggestion in August, '78, that the young Indian Aimiable and his companion Pottawattamies should be persuaded to remain at Montreal. In this way it was hoped to maintain the good behavior of the whole tribe. 3 Hildreth, 97.. 3' See Loskiel, 107. 3' See Rondthaler's Heckewelder, De Schweinitz's Zeisberger, and Zeisberger's Diary for detailed accounts. W. L. Stone in his Life of Brant, I, 349, says that some of the Shawnese had been engaged in predatory warfare since '73. Stone's work is one of the most reliable upon this whole subject. ' to war by other tribes. The Chippewas were too lazy, declared DePeyster, English Commandant at Mackinac, to support either side,35 and they continued neutral as long as possible. It is useless to enumerate further details. Different motives swayed different tribes,36 but the outcome was that the great majority of red men took up the English cause. Having now presented the, situations of the three parties with respect to the Indians at the opening of the war, we shall go on to narrate the progress of the war, limiting ourselves to the more important movements of the savage war bands and of their antagonists.37 When the year 1777 opened the Americans held besides Ft. Pitt, two fortified positions in the west, Ft. Henry at Wheeling and Ft. Randolph at Point...