the battle of Oriskany, Brant and a party of his warriors fell upon the old Oneida castle, burned the wigwams, destroyed the crops, and

drove away the cattle of his former confederates.

No sooner had he retreated, however, than the Oneidas retali ated.

The residence of Molly Johnson,

at

the

Upper Mo

hawk castle, was ravaged, herself and family driven from home, and her cash, clothing and cattle taken. From thence the avengers visited the Lower castle, and drove the followers of one hundred in number, to refuge in

Little Abraham,

Mont

real, laying waste their plantations. Molly fled to Onondaga, and besought vengeance for the indignities which she had suf

fered,

but

to

her

possessions

she

was never restored ; the

indignant Oneidas had blotted out forever the seats of power from whence her tribe had swayed the destinies of a once

powerful people. In the meantime the battle of Bennington had been fought with disastrous results to Burgoyne, not the least of which was the pall which it threw over the spirits of his dusky allies, who

now began to find their way back to Canada in large numbers. With his defeat at Stillwater, they were as thoroughly demoral ized as they were at Fort Schuyler when frightened by an idiot boy.

Within three days

after

that

battle, one

hundred and

fifty warriors made their peace with General Gates, accepted

the war-belt, partook of the feast, and joined the Americans. When the final surrender of the British army came, not an x