Indians Siding With The British

The oneida indian nation played a significant role in the revolutionary war siding with the colonists against the british.

Indians siding with the british.

This led several ohio tribes including the delawares and the white eyes to join the british side. Therefore he turned many of the native americans against the americans. For many indians in particular the shawnee creeks and the very large and powerful cherokee and iroquois the british seemed like a better bet. Other tribes saw siding with the americans as an opportunity to protect their lands by allying with the nearest side.

He had a wonderful time in england so this made him convinced that siding with the british was the best for the native americans future. The british knew full well that the indians wanted to stem the tide of settlement and they promised the indians that if they won the settlers would be stopped. Government which had won a signficant victory over them at tippecanoe in 1811. The british intended if they won the war to establish an independent indian confederation in what became the american midwest forcing the u s.

American settlers were encroaching on their land and native americans had already been in conflict with them before the war. The indians were already at war with the u s. Having fought valiantly in several key battles of the american war for independence including the battles of oriskany and saratoga the oneida nation became known as the united state s first allies. These ohio tribes fought against the americans until 1783 well after the british troops surrendered.

Siding with the colonies.