Sympathy level waning for the indigenous, excepting those lost to European diseases. Have a direct relation to a survivor of the battle of Fort Freeland, July 1779... "Of the number of Indians engaged by England during the Revolutionary War, there were , according to Campell . warriors, of whom belonged to the Six Nations, 500 were Delawares, 300 Shawnese , 150 Monseys and 60 Mohicans. Of scalps, the Senecas alone , 400 warriors, took in three years, 299 being those of women and 29 infants. These were sent to the Governor of Canada, to be sent as a present to the King of England" (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjPxoOaiNGEAxWxg4kEHejBAIkQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fforgottenbooks.com%2Fit%2Fdownload%2FHistoryofFortFreeland_10117410.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2USrY8dzF7cHTDL-tAjqaE&opi=89978449)
Sympathy level waning for the indigenous, excepting those lost to European diseases. Have a direct relation to a survivor of the battle of Fort Freeland, July 1779...
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the Revolutionary War, there were , according to Campell .
warriors, of whom belonged to the Six Nations, 500 were
Delawares, 300 Shawnese , 150 Monseys and 60 Mohicans. Of
scalps, the Senecas alone , 400 warriors, took in three years,
299 being those of women and 29 infants. These were sent to the
Governor of Canada, to be sent as a present to the King of England" (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjPxoOaiNGEAxWxg4kEHejBAIkQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fforgottenbooks.com%2Fit%2Fdownload%2FHistoryofFortFreeland_10117410.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2USrY8dzF7cHTDL-tAjqaE&opi=89978449)