The first tribe to pledge its allegiance to the Patriot cause - meeting at the Red Lion Inn they declared:
Wherever your armies go, there will we go; you shall always find us by your side; and if providence calls us to sacrifice our Lives in the field of battle, we will fall where you fall, and lay our bones by yours. Nor shall peace ever be made between our nation and the Redcoats until our brothers the white people lead the way.[2]
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Death in the Bronx - the Stockbridge Indian Massacre of 1778
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Stillman's Run
The first skirmish of the Black Hawk War took place #OnThisDay in 1832. Sauk and Meskwaki forces, who were trying to reclaim land in Illino...
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This is the first stage of an excellent project. This is the corner tower of a recreation of the fort in the movie Drums Along the Mohawk...
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This came out in 1984. Was an excellent addition to a small set of books.
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It's not easy photographing smaller figures but Richard has done an excellent job. These miniatures are excellent. He says 'The...
Interesting little story.I was looking to pick up a few of the Perry twins Stockbridge Indians.
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Christopher