Talk:Battle of Devil's Hole

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Re: The Battle of Devil's Hole Road story contains some glaring errors. First, it was never, ever called the Battle of Devil's Hole Road. At the time, it was referred to as the "site/place of Campbell's defeat." (Campbell being the lead officer.) Later, sometime around the year 1800, the locals started calling it the "Devil's Hole Massacre." The defeated soldiers, for the most part, were the 80th Regiment of Light Armed Foot. (aka Gage's Light Infantry) The exact amount of casualties will probably never be known, but a good guess is: 81 military, 2 civilians killed, and 8 severly wounded. (One was said to have been shot 3 times and scalped- and survived!) We know from reliable sources that the Indian force numbered 309. The reason for the attack is varied and complex, and open to debate. Nonetheless, it is a fascinating story, and for the definitive account of the affair, get Ahrens's book. It is by far the best researched work on the topic, and a fun read for the history buff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.12.117.13 (talk • contribs)

Cornplanter as Commander?
I noted in the info box that Cornplanter was listed as one of the commanders for the Seneca. There wasn't any mention of him in the article and no mention of the battle on Cornplanter's page. In addition Cornplanter's birth is given as circa 1750, which would have made him in his early to mid teens when this battle occurred. This would've made him a probable participant but too young to be a leader at this time. I checked 2 outside sources for Cornplanter (Encyclopedia Brittanica & oswego.edu), neither mention him participating in this battle. Recommend that he be deleted from the info box as one of the commanders. MacEachan1 (talk) 04:38, 14 September 2013 (UTC)MacEachan1

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Please clean up writing
I cleaned up one phrase in the lede to clarify who was killed. But this sentence at the end is unreadable: 1. Does this mean the settlement of the Revolutionary War, or white settlers coming to the area, or both? 2. If the Seneca/Iroquois had opposed the British in 1763, why were they British allies now? Bellagio99 (talk) 20:40, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * "Its settlement forced most of the Iroquois as British allies to Canada.[2]"

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