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Frontier warfare context near the claimed cession period
- When
- 1779
- Where
- Haudenosaunee country, western New York
The Sullivan Expedition of 1779 devastated Haudenosaunee villages in retaliation for Brant-led frontier attacks, shaping the wartime western New York setting.
In retaliation for frontier attacks led by Joseph Brant and Loyalist Mohawk forces, the 1779 Sullivan Expedition destroyed nearly fifty Haudenosaunee villages along with adjacent croplands and winter stores, forcing many refugees to British-held Niagara. This is the only sourced wartime western-territory context near 1780; it does not document any legislative cession.
Sources
- New York (state) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01
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