I’ve first visited Oriskany in 1978 by my lonesome. It was a very cool experience. Yes, the landscape is no longer thick, heavy old oak trees, but you can stand at the bottom of the ravine. You can stand over Bloody Brook and hear the Mohawks and the whole ambush explode in instant and violently shocking behavior. No quarter at this fight. Four-hundred Americans dead out of 800. Not many wounded, at all. People with imaginations who love that era of history would find an experience waitin. Thanks.
Thank you for sharing! Yes the feeling you get standing in that ravine looking around knowing that this is what the men seen right when they got ambushed! You imagine what they felt at that moment and then seeing many of there brothers fall, Something that is hard to imagine. Thank you for watching!
Great video! Good to see someone keeping the memory of this important battle alive. A lot of my ancestors fought here. And a lot didn't survive. 7 members of the Snell family fought here; only 2 survived. Thank you for honoring their sacrifice because without that, we would have lost the Revolution.
Yes we should never forget! What these men, your family sacrificed for us to be free! It must be an honor knowing what your family gave up for this country can’t thank them enough can only honor them and keep their memory alive. Thank you for watching!
Three ancestors in that battle. They all survived. Two were forward scouts because they lived in the area. Settled around Little Falls before the 1700's. Casler is the name. Johahness settled here from Palistine Germany in1690
Wow that’s amazing! Thank you for sharing! There is so much history in this area I’m just trying to keep it alive. Seems these days more and more it’s slowly disappearing. What a lot of people don’t realize is that history is very important because history tends to repeat itself. Thank you for watching!
It must be an honor to have family members who fight for this country! I can’t thank them enough for what they done for this country. I’m glad they all survived! I wish I could hear from them how this historic battle played out. Thank you for sharing, it’s truly appreciated!
I'm so glas that the area has been more or less left alone and doesn't have buildings and roads paved over it. What an amazing piece of history. Thanks for the video!
I couldn’t agree anymore with you, it nice seeing the land untouched. It’s was an amazing experience! I learned so much. Just love history. I’m glad you liked it! Just hearing that makes all that hard work worth it. Thanks for watching!
When I was a kid we would ride our bicycles down to the Oriskany Battlefield. It wasn't until I left the area that I realized how significant Oriskany was.
I grow up in central Ny my whole life and didn’t know really anything about it until I was older really never was taught anything about this historical battle and the importance it played in America becoming independent from Britain , it seems the more and more time goes on these historical sites are being forgotten. They should never be forgotten so we will always remember the sacrifices that were made to be free. Thank you for watching!
For most Native peoples, an independent United States dedicated to westward expansion seemed to pose a far greater threat than the British, who had placed some limits on colonial encroachment on Native American lands. The British had numerous advantages over the Americans in maintaining tribal allies. With much greater financial resources and control of the sea, British officials could supply the trade goods (like cloth, metal tools, firearms, and ammunition) that Native people had come to rely on. Many nations had come to see the British Crown as a protector and ally on whom they could rely. Most importantly, these nations knew that an American victory would expose their territories to encroachment by soldiers and settlers. However, some Native American nations chose to support the Revolutionaries, who they considered neighbors and friends. These groups of American Indians believed that if the Revolutionaries were victorious, they would allow them to maintain control over their homelands. Many American Indian nations fought in the Revolutionary War, three of which Don Troiani features in his paintings: the Oneida, Mohawk, and Stockbridge-Mohican. The Oneida and Mohawk were part of the Iroquois Confederacy. Of the six nations that belonged to the Confederacy, four, including the Mohawk, actively sided with the British, while the Oneida and Tuscarora supported the Revolutionaries. Other Native Americans, like the Stockbridge-Mohican, also joined the Revolutionaries. Examining Don Troiani’s paintings of these groups can help us imagine what the war was like for Native Americans and how their participation impacted the war for both the British and Continental Armies. Many centuries before the Revolutionary War, the Oneida, Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca nations fought each other in what is now upstate New York. But by the eve of the Revolutionary War, these nations lived under the Great Law of Peace and created the Iroquois Confederacy. When the first battle of the Revolutionary War broke out in 1775, Iroquois leaders took a stance that the Six Nations (the Tuscarora joined in 1722) would stand together and remain neutral, believing that unity was their strength. But after the colonists declared independence in 1776, the war threatened their peace. The Iroquois Confederacy became divided. Some nations wished to stay neutral, believing that King George III and the colonists were like a parent and a child and that they should stay out of a family argument. Some wanted to support the British, who promised to protect tribal land if the Native Americans stood with them. And some nations wanted to support the Revolutionaries, viewing the colonists as their neighbors and the British as invaders. Hoped this helped! Thanks for watching!
@@exploringwithdan7876 Enjoyed your video! 😊 Dan ... Also the Iroquois confederacy and the Stockbridge-Mohican had been allies of the British and the British colonials during the French and Indian War (1754 -- 1763) The Huron tribes, who lived in what is now Canada, had sided with the French. The "French and Indian War" (1754-1763) was a theatre of the "Seven Years War" (1754 --1763) that was part of the larger almost continual war among European powers. This grouping wars also includes what is termed as the "Sixty-Years War (1754-1815) and the "Second Hundred Years War" (1689 -- 1815) There is a lot of overlap in these wars. Included as part of the Sixty Years War is the "War of 1812" (1812 -- 1815) It was ended by the Treaty of Ghent (1814) but the treaty was not ratified by the US Congress until 1815. During this war the Americans raided British-owned Canada and the British burt down Washington, D.C. The Seven Years War (1754 --1763) that was ended by the, 1763 Treaty of Paris, is considered to be the first "world-war" because it was fought in many places in both the east and west hemispheres as well as the north and south hemispheres (i.e. Europe, North America, West Indies, South America, West Africa, India, Philippines) Don Troiani's paintings are fabulous! 😊 "Drums Along the Mohawk" (1936) by Walter D. Edmonds is a novel about the Mowhawk valley theatre of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783 .... Ended by the 1783, Treaty of Paris) A film by the same name was made in 1939. It was directed by the legendary John Ford and starred Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert The film begins with a friendly Oneida Native American warning the settlers of an attack by a raiding party of Seneca Native Americans and tories (pro- English) in the Mohawk Valley. James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Last of the Mohicans" (1826) Is set during the time of the French and Indian War in what became New York state, Lake Champlain, Lake George, etc. The "Last of the Mohicans"(1992 film) is accurate regarding the historical events; the romance angle is pure James Fenimore Cooper. The "Leatherstocking Tales" (a series of books by JFC) set in the era between 1754 and later featuring the fictional Natty Bumppo (one of his aliases was ""La Longue Carabine") Over the years several films have been created to tell these tales Thank you again for an entertaining video.😊
Two years later seeing this…. And thanks!!
You are welcome! Thanks for watching!
I’ve first visited Oriskany in 1978 by my lonesome. It was a very cool experience. Yes, the landscape is no longer thick, heavy old oak trees, but you can stand at the bottom of the ravine. You can stand over Bloody Brook and hear the Mohawks and the whole ambush explode in instant and violently shocking behavior. No quarter at this fight. Four-hundred Americans dead out of 800. Not many wounded, at all. People with imaginations who love that era of history would find an experience waitin. Thanks.
Thank you for sharing! Yes the feeling you get standing in that ravine looking around knowing that this is what the men seen right when they got ambushed! You imagine what they felt at that moment and then seeing many of there brothers fall, Something that is hard to imagine. Thank you for watching!
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Great video! Good to see someone keeping the memory of this important battle alive. A lot of my ancestors fought here. And a lot didn't survive. 7 members of the Snell family fought here; only 2 survived. Thank you for honoring their sacrifice because without that, we would have lost the Revolution.
Yes we should never forget! What these men, your family sacrificed for us to be free! It must be an honor knowing what your family gave up for this country can’t thank them enough can only honor them and keep their memory alive. Thank you for watching!
Three ancestors in that battle. They all survived. Two were forward scouts because they lived in the area. Settled around Little Falls before the 1700's. Casler is the name. Johahness settled here from Palistine Germany in1690
Wow that’s amazing! Thank you for sharing! There is so much history in this area I’m just trying to keep it alive. Seems these days more and more it’s slowly disappearing. What a lot of people don’t realize is that history is very important because history tends to repeat itself. Thank you for watching!
I had four ancestors in the battle. All survived. One wounded. Walrath is the name
It must be an honor to have family members who fight for this country! I can’t thank them enough for what they done for this country. I’m glad they all survived! I wish I could hear from them how this historic battle played out. Thank you for sharing, it’s truly appreciated!
I'm so glas that the area has been more or less left alone and doesn't have buildings and roads paved over it. What an amazing piece of history. Thanks for the video!
I couldn’t agree anymore with you, it nice seeing the land untouched. It’s was an amazing experience! I learned so much. Just love history. I’m glad you liked it! Just hearing that makes all that hard work worth it. Thanks for watching!
When I was a kid we would ride our bicycles down to the Oriskany Battlefield. It wasn't until I left the area that I realized how significant Oriskany was.
I grow up in central Ny my whole life and didn’t know really anything about it until I was older really never was taught anything about this historical battle and the importance it played in America becoming independent from Britain , it seems the more and more time goes on these historical sites are being forgotten. They should never be forgotten so we will always remember the sacrifices that were made to be free. Thank you for watching!
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Yup! Born and raised my whole life here lol thanks for watching!
Why did the Iroquois and Seneca side with British. I thought the original people's didn't like any other nations trying to take over
For most Native peoples, an independent United States dedicated to westward expansion seemed to pose a far greater threat than the British, who had placed some limits on colonial encroachment on Native American lands. The British had numerous advantages over the Americans in maintaining tribal allies. With much greater financial resources and control of the sea, British officials could supply the trade goods (like cloth, metal tools, firearms, and ammunition) that Native people
had come to rely on. Many nations had come to see the British Crown as a protector and ally on whom they could rely. Most importantly, these nations knew that an American victory would expose their territories to encroachment by soldiers and settlers. However, some Native American nations chose to support the Revolutionaries, who they considered neighbors and friends. These groups of American Indians believed that if the Revolutionaries were victorious, they would allow them to maintain control over their homelands.
Many American Indian nations fought in the Revolutionary War, three of which Don Troiani features in his paintings: the Oneida, Mohawk, and Stockbridge-Mohican. The Oneida and Mohawk were part of the Iroquois Confederacy. Of the six nations that belonged to the Confederacy, four, including the Mohawk, actively sided with the British, while the Oneida and Tuscarora supported the Revolutionaries. Other Native Americans, like the Stockbridge-Mohican, also joined the Revolutionaries. Examining Don Troiani’s paintings of these groups can help us imagine what the war was like for Native Americans and how their participation impacted the war for both the British and Continental Armies.
Many centuries before the Revolutionary War, the Oneida, Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca nations fought each other in what is now upstate New York. But by the eve of the Revolutionary War, these nations lived under the Great Law of Peace and created the Iroquois Confederacy. When the first battle of the Revolutionary War broke out in 1775, Iroquois leaders took a stance that the Six Nations (the Tuscarora joined in 1722) would stand together and remain neutral, believing that unity was their strength. But after the colonists declared independence in 1776, the war threatened their peace. The Iroquois Confederacy became divided. Some nations wished to stay neutral, believing that King George III and the colonists were like a parent and a child and that they should stay out of a family argument. Some wanted to support the British, who promised to protect tribal land if the Native Americans stood with them. And some nations wanted to support the Revolutionaries, viewing the colonists as their neighbors and the British as invaders.
Hoped this helped! Thanks for watching!
@@exploringwithdan7876 thank you so much.
No problem, anytime!
@@exploringwithdan7876 The British were already stretched.
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Enjoyed your video! 😊
Dan ... Also the Iroquois confederacy and the Stockbridge-Mohican had been allies of the British and the British colonials during
the French and Indian War (1754 -- 1763) The Huron tribes, who lived in what is now Canada, had sided with the French.
The "French and Indian War" (1754-1763) was a theatre of the "Seven Years War" (1754 --1763) that was part of the larger almost
continual war among European powers. This grouping wars also includes what is termed as the "Sixty-Years War (1754-1815)
and the "Second Hundred Years War" (1689 -- 1815) There is a lot of overlap in these wars.
Included as part of the Sixty Years War is the "War of 1812" (1812 -- 1815) It was ended by the Treaty of Ghent (1814) but the
treaty was not ratified by the US Congress until 1815. During this war the Americans raided British-owned Canada and the
British burt down Washington, D.C.
The Seven Years War (1754 --1763) that was ended by the, 1763 Treaty of Paris, is considered to be the first "world-war"
because it was fought in many places in both the east and west hemispheres as well as the north and south hemispheres
(i.e. Europe, North America, West Indies, South America, West Africa, India, Philippines)
Don Troiani's paintings are fabulous! 😊
"Drums Along the Mohawk" (1936) by Walter D. Edmonds is a novel about the Mowhawk valley theatre of the American
Revolutionary War (1775-1783 .... Ended by the 1783, Treaty of Paris) A film by the same name was made in 1939.
It was directed by the legendary John Ford and starred Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert The film begins with a friendly
Oneida Native American warning the settlers of an attack by a raiding party of Seneca Native Americans and tories (pro-
English) in the Mohawk Valley.
James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Last of the Mohicans" (1826) Is set during the time of the French and Indian War in
what became New York state, Lake Champlain, Lake George, etc. The "Last of the Mohicans"(1992 film) is accurate regarding
the historical events; the romance angle is pure James Fenimore Cooper. The "Leatherstocking Tales" (a series of books by
JFC) set in the era between 1754 and later featuring the fictional Natty Bumppo (one of his aliases was ""La Longue Carabine")
Over the years several films have been created to tell these tales
Thank you again for an entertaining video.😊