On the 11th of November, 1778, a British Loyalist officer Walter
Butler (1752 - 1781) and the Mohawk chief Joseph Brant (1743 -
1807) led an attack on the New York frontier settlement of Cherry
Valley. Butler had been captured by the Continental Army in 1777
and after his escape sought revenge against the colonialists. The
group of loyalists and Native Americans (who were acting in
retaliation for earlier raids on their villages) brutally attacked
the settlers in what became known as the Cherry Valley
massacre.
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