and rapine attested alike the hatred of Johnson for neighbors and the vengeance of his dusky allies.

his former

But the marauders were not permitted to again escape with Governor George Clinton, having received

out molestation.

information from two Oneidas, of their movements, promptly marched to the relief of the district. strong body of Oneida warriors, led by their chief, Louis Atyataronghta, who had been

commissioned a colonel by congress, joined him on his way. Near Fort Plain the opposing forces met Brant and his Indians, ;

a thicket of shrub

in

oaks,

were supported by Johnson, while

the right of the patriot line was held by the Oneidas. The defiant war-whoop of the opposing chiefs was echoed by their followers ; supported by the militia, the Oneidas dashed forward ;

Brant gave way and fled, wounded in the heel, to the fording place near the old upper Indian castle, crossed the river and found refuge in the rear of the reserve forces of his friends.

Johnson immediately made hasty retreat to his boats on Onondaga lake, and escaped to Canada by the way of Oswego, shorn of whatever prestige he had gained on his former raid. Similar were the events of 1781.

The devastations of the

invading bands commenced again on the borders of Ulster.

In

August, a body of three hundred Indians and ninety tories

fell

It is said

that he was the representalive of three nations, having in his veins

the blood of the French, the Indian, and the negro.