Category Archives: Oneida

Native Warriors and Battles

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

At the Military and Historical Image Bank, I discovered several renderings of Native people, mostly in military context. The first group shows 6 images, including the Battle of Oriskany, about which I had just been reading.  The Battle of Oriskany … Continue reading →

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Digitizing War of 1812 Records, a Quilt and NY Indian Service Records

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

The War of 1812, which lasted from 1812 to 1815, is probably the War we know the least about, and one for which an astounding number of pension and bounty land records still exist for veterans who served.  If your … Continue reading →

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The Kobel Massacre

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

November 16, 1755 was a dark day for the Henry Kobel family of Berks County, Pa.  It would be their last. The cloud of war was moving over the settlers on the frontier of Pennsylvania, but the Germans weren’t aware … Continue reading →

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Honyere and Honyost Doxtator

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

In the book, Forgotten Patriots, in the New York section, we find something rather unique and interesting.   An Oneida Indian is given by his Native names, which are spelled variously, probably phoenetically as best they could be, but then he is also … Continue reading →

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Eleazor Wheelock and the Dartmouth Indians

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

Eleazar Wheelock (April 22, 1711 – April 24, 1779) was an American Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College. He was born in Windham, Connecticut to Ralph Wheelock and Ruth Huntington. He is the great-grandson of the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Delaware, Farmington, History, Mohawk, Mohegan, Narragansett, Oneida | 3 Comments

Oneida Interviews by Lyman Draper

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

The Oneida removed to a reservation in Wisconsin beginning about 1820, a migration process that lasted until about 1880.  This move was influenced by a white man named Eleazor Williams who was a missionary among the tribe beginning about 1817.  … Continue reading →

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Oneida Chief Skenandoah

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

Oskanondonha, known as Skenandoah, the Oneida War Chief also known as “the Deer” was born, according to tradition, to the Susquehannock and was adopted into the Wolf Clan of the Oneida.  He eventually became the War Chief, a position chosen on the … Continue reading →

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Polly Cooper, Oneida Heroine

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Polly Cooper was an Oneida woman who repeatedly helped the soldiers serving in the US military, beginning with the Revolutionary War.  US records neither confirm or deny this oral history – but the Oneida people treasure the shawl given Polly … Continue reading →

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The Oneida Honyoust Family

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

As I transcribe these early records, and especially when I find non-European last names, I often wonder if I’m wasting my time, meaning whether the name stayed intact so that descendants can find it in future generations – that would … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts Indians in the Revolutionary War

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Each state in the DAR Forgotten Patriot’s book is arranged separately.  Quite a bit of history of both African and Native Americans relative to the war is given.  About 1700 total people of color were found to have served out … Continue reading →

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