Massacre Leads to American Attack on Iroquois
On November 11, 1778, Loyalists and Indians led by British Major Walter Butler and Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant destroyed the settlement of Cherry Valley, New York, and killed many men, women, and children. The Indian “massacres” at Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, and Cherry Valley brought on a broad American attack on the Iroquois. In this later depiction, Jane Wells, an American ultimately killed at Cherry Valley by Indians, pleads for her life while a man attempts to protect her.
On November 11, 1778, Loyalists and Indians led by British Major Walter Butler and Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant destroyed the settlement of Cherry Valley, New York, and killed many men, women, and children. The Indian “massacres” at Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, and Cherry Valley brought on a broad American attack on the Iroquois. In this later depiction, Jane Wells, an American ultimately killed at Cherry Valley by Indians, pleads for her life while a man attempts to protect her.