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The Mohawks are a tough people. When the American Army gave up trying to beat them, the military went West and massacred, death marched, spread diseases among the Indians, right through to California. Harper better start talking to them soon! They are tough!
Because of unsettled conflicts with settlers infiltrating into the Mohawk Valley and outstanding treaty obligations to the Crown, the Mohawks fought against the United States during the American Revolutionary War. Most of the Mohawks at the Upper Castle fled to Fort Niagara, while most of those at the Lower Castle fled to Montreal. A few such as the sachem Little Abraham at Fort Hunter remained neutral throughout the war. During this war, Johannes Tekarihoga was the leader of the Mohawks. Johannes Tekarihoga died around 1780, and Catherine Crogan, wife of Joseph Brant, named her brother Henry Crogan as the new Tekarihoga.
After War Years
After the American victory in the war, one prominent Mohawk war chief, Joseph Brant, led a large group of Iroquois out of New York to a new homeland at Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario. Another Mohawk war chief John Deseronto lead another group of Mohawks to a new homeland on the Bay of Quinte. One large group of Mohawks settled in the vicinity of Montreal, Quebec. From this group descend the Mohawks of Kahnawake, Akwesasne and Kanesatake. One of the most famous Catholic Mohawks was Kateri, who was later beatified.
On November 11, 1794, representatives of the Mohawks (along with the other Iroquois nations) signed the Treaty of Canandaigua with the United States.
Mohawks fought against the United States in the War of 1812. The Mohawk Nation, as part of the Iroquois Confederacy, was recognised for some time by the French government, and the Confederacy was a participant in the Congress of Vienna, having been allied with the French during the War of 1812 which was viewed by the French as part of the Napoleonic Wars. However, in 1842 their legal existence was overlooked in Lord Durham's report on the reform and organization of the Canadas.