Talk:Fish Carrier (Ojageght)

American or British Supporter?
Did Fish Carrier support the patriot cause? According to his entry in the Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee he did. Is this source reliable? Doubtful. The several mentions of Fish Carrier in Barbara Graymont's The Iroquois in the American Revolution show that Fish Carrier was on the side of the British.

In the many published accounts of the Battle of Wyoming, and the subsequent massacre of the patriot militia, there is no mention of a Cayuga or any other indigenous person helping the Americans. It is also unlikely that Fish Carrier was on the side of the Americans at the Battle of Newtown since most Cayuga villages were later destroyed by General Sullivan's forces.

Incidentally, neither the Encyclopedia or Graymont claim Fish Carrier was at the Cherry Valley Massacre. Griffin&#39;s Sword (talk) 21:14, 31 December 2022 (UTC)