How many here knew that George Washington ordered slaughter of Indians during Revolutionary War?

[H2O Man]

23. Recommended.

I knew. I'm doing a presentation next month for a historical society on this very topic. The title of the presentation is "Red, White, and Black." It is based upon my studies since 1965. My focus is on the events that led to the "border wars" of the Revolutionary War, and includes information -- including artifacts -- on the numerous people involved.

Mohawk leader Joseph Brant is the central figure, and his focus on maintaining the Ft. Stanwix Treaty Line is important. Brant was helping people who were escaping from slavery flee to Canada, and many of the black men opted to join Brant's forces in the war. I have substantial records of communications between General Washington and those he commanded, concerning the Brant camp in what became the village I am presenting at. The result was the infamous Clinton-Sullivan Campaign.

As a kid, the neighborhood Elder told of soldiers bayoneting infants in the Indian's gardens here. It was only decades later, in records kept in a basement of a tiny PA historical society, that a soldier's hournal documented how it was a "sport" to see how long the infants would "wiggle."

I could go on and on. And I will next month.