Life of Joseph Brant—Thayendanegea (Vol. I.) Including the Border Wars of the American Revolution and Sketches of the Indian Campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne; And Other Matters Connected with the Indian Relations of the United States and Great Britain, from the Peace of 1783 to the Indian Peace of 1795

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Unyielding course of the parent Government--Efforts of the Earl of Chatham unavailing--Address to the Crown from New-York--Leslie's Expedition to Salem--Affair of Lexington--Unwise movements of Tryon County loyalists--Reaction--Public meetings--The Sammons family--Interference of the Johnsons--Quarrel at Caughnawaga--Spirited indications at Cherry Valley--Counteracting efforts of the Johnsons among their retainers--Intrigues with the Indians--Massachusetts attempts the same--Correspondence with the Stockbridge Indians--Letter to Mr. Kirkland--His removal by Guy Johnson--Neutrality of the Oneidas--Intercepted despatch from Brant to the Oneidas--Apprehensions of Guy Johnson--Correspondence--Farther precautions of the Committees--Reverence for the Laws--Letter of Guy Johnson to the Committees of Albany and Schenectady--Substance of the reply. 49