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ORISKANY , a See also:

VILLAGE

village of See also:

ONEIDA
ONEIDA (a corruption of their proper name Oneyotka-ono, " people of the stone," in allusion to the Oneida stone, a granite boulder near their former village, which was held sacred by them)

Oneida See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New See also:

York, U.S.A., about 7 M. N.W. of See also:

UTICA

Utica. Pop. about 800. Oriskany is served by the New York Central & See also:

Hudson See also:

RIVER

River railway. There are malleable See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

WORKS

works and a manufactory of See also:

paper makers' felts here. In a See also:

RAVINE

ravine, about 2 M. See also:

west of Oriskany, was fought on the 6th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1777 the See also:

BATTLE

battle of Oriskany, an important See also:

minor engagement of the See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

War of See also:

Independence. On the 4th of August Gen. See also:

Nicholas See also:

HERKIMER

Herkimer, who had been See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of the See also:

Tyrone county (New York) See also:

MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia in 1775, and had been fnade a brigadier-See also:

general of the See also:

state militia in 1776, had gathered about 800 militiamen at Fort See also:

DAYTON

Dayton (on the site of the See also:

PRESENT

present Herkimer, New York) for the See also:

RELIEF

relief of Fort See also:

SCHUYLER, PHILIP JOHN (1733–1804)

Schuyler (see See also:

ROMA

Roma, N.Y.) then besieged by See also:

BRITISH

British and See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians under Colonel See also:

Barry St Leger and See also:

Joseph See also:

Brant. On the 6th General Herkimer's force, on its See also:

march to Fort Schuyler, was ambushed by a force of British under See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

John See also:

Johnson and Indians under Joseph Brant in the ravine above mentioned. The See also:

REAR

rear portion of Herkimer's troops escaped from the See also:

TRAP (0. Eng. treppe or traepee, properly a step, as that or which an animal places its foot and is caught, cf. Ger. Treppe flight of stairs)

trap, but were pursued by the Indians, and many of:them were overtaken and killed. Between the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder and the British and Indians there was a desperate See also:

hand-to-hand conflict, interrupted by a violent thunderstorm, with no See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter shown by either See also:

side. On See also:

HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing the firing near Fort Schuyler (incident to a sortie by Lieut.-Colonel See also:

MARINUS

Marinus Willett) the British withdrew, after about 200 Americans had been killed and as many more taken prisoners, the loss of the British in killed being about the same.

General Herkimer (who had advised advancing slowly, awaiting See also:

SIGNAL

signal shots announcing the sortie, and had been called " Tory " and " See also:

COWARD

coward " in consequence), though his See also:

leg had been broken by a shot at the beginning of the See also:

ACTION

action, continued to See also:

DIRECT

direct the fighting on the American side, but died on the 16th of August as a result of the clumsy amputation of his leg. The battle, though indecisive, had an important See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in preventing St Leger from effecting a junction with General See also:

Burgoyne. The battlefield is marked by a See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument erected in 1884. See Orderly See also:

BOOK

Book of Sir John Johnson during the Oriskany See also:

CAMPAIGN

Campaign (See also:

Albany, 1882), with notes by W. L. See also:

Stone and J. W. De Peyster; Publications of the Oneida See also:

HISTORICAL

Historical Society, vol. i. (Utica, N.Y., 1877) ; and See also:

PHOEBE

Phoebe S. See also:

Cowen, The Herkimers and Schuylers (Albany, 1903).

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