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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), German Flats. (search)
German Flats. Sir William Johnson concluded a treaty of peace with the Western Indians at German Flats, N. Y., it 1765. During the Revolution the Six Nations were induced by him to aid the British, and were led by Joseph Brant and Walter Butler. The Indians plundered and burned Cobleskill, Springfield, German Flats, and Cherry Valley. In retaliation the Americans, led by Colonel Van Schaick and Colonel Willett, laid waste the Indian villages, seizing all provisions and weapons which they could find.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Van Schaick, Gozen 1737-1787 (search)
Van Schaick, Gozen 1737-1787 Military officer; born in Albany,. N. Y., in January, 1737; served in the French and Indian War, taking part in the expeditions against Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Fort Frontenac, and Niagara (1756-59), and was major in Colonel Johnson's regiment in 1759. On the breaking-out of the Revolutionary War, he was made colonel of the 2d New York Regiment, and late in 1776 was in command of a battalion sent to the vicinity of Cherry Valley to protect the inhabitants against Brant and his followers, in which work he was vigilant and active. In the battle of Monmouth he was a brigadier-general under Lord Stirling. In the spring of 1779 he was sent by Washington to destroy the settlement of the Onondaga Indians, for the performance of which service Congress gave him its thanks. He was made brigadier-general by brevet, Oct. 10, 1783. Van Schaick was a rigid disciplinarian, and his regiment one of the best in the service. He died in Albany, N. Y., July 4, 1787