Oneidas

A tribe of the Iroquois confederacy. Their villages stood between those of the Mohawks on the east and the On on dag as on the west. In the Ameri can Revolution, they alone with some of the Tuscaroras took the side of the rebellious colonists, the remainder of the confederacy remaining loyal to Great Britain. The remnant of the tribe is now settled on reservations in New York, in Wisconsin, and in the Niagara peninsula. Index : F Torture Father Millet, 216; party of, destroyed, 308; three burnt alive, 309; negotiate for peace, 324. Ch Iroquois tribe, 50. L Frontenac marches against, 233. Hd Their wavering fidelity, 148; Brant burns village of, 153. Bib. : See Iroquois.