Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mohawk, in New York” in alphabetic letter D, entry group 1, entry dark-and-bloody-ground of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...Southern Indians, and afterwards to the portion of that State wherein Daniel Boone and his companions were compelled to carry on a warfare with the savages.
It was also applied to the Valley of the Mohawk, in New York , and its vicinity, known as Tryon county, wherein the Six Nations and their Tory allies made fearful forays during the Revolution.
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