Aug 2, 1780 Brant attacks Canajoharie.

Most of the Rebel militia was heading for Fort Stanwix to try and trap Joseph Brant. However, Brant had moved on and was preparing to attack the settlement of Canajoharie. He had hoped to attack the settlement and nearby Fort Plank simultaneously.

As it turned out, some of Brant’s Indians showed themselves and alarmed the settlement. This allowed most of the inhabitants to escape to Fort Plank. Brant’s party had to content itself with burning about 100 houses and barns, two mills, the church, and destroying what grain and cattle they could find. Approximately thirty people were killed. According to Rebel Colonel Abraham Wemple, some were children. A swath of land some six miles long and four miles wide was devastated by the attack.

Sources: Barbara Graymont, The Iroquois in the American Revolution.

Isabel Kelsay, Joseph Brant: Man of Two Worlds.

Aug 9, 1780 Vroomans land attacked.

Joseph Brant and a small party of Indians and Tories attacked a portion of the Schoharie settlements near Middle Fort. Eleven members of the Vrooman family were made prisoner and three were killed, including the father, mother, and eight-year-old Peter. According to several reports, the Tory Benjamin Beacraft seized Peter, slit his throat, and then scalped him.

Soucres: Barbara Graymont, The Iroquois in the American Revolution.

Isabel Kelsay, Joseph Brant: Man of Two Worlds.