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to Sir William Johnson, the British superintendent of Indian Affairs in the years prior to the Revolution. Brant remained loyal to the British during the war. He became a leader of Indian forces in a number of critical Revolutionary War fights. In 1779, a Continental Army led by General John Sullivan swept through Pennsylvania and upstate New York , burning Indian villages. The force ultimately defeated Brant and his Mohawks, who retreated to Canada . The six tribes of the Iroquois Confederation, including the Mohawk, were split irrevocably by the Revolution. |
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