| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85094780 |
| Organization name | Oneida Indians |
| Other names | Oneota;Onneiout |
| Org type | Indian group |
| Bio notes | Variants Oneota, Onneiout. “People of the Upright Stone.” One of the five original members of the powerful Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), they were historically located in upstate New York, with Mohawk allies eastward and Onondaga allies westward. Between 1660-1690, the Iroquois populations were much reduced by diseases. Jesuits began preaching among them. Unlike other Iroquois, the Oneidas supported the Americans in the Revolutionary War, in which they fed Washington’s troops at Valley Forge (1777), fought in the Battle of Oriskany (1777), and participated in the infamous scorched earth campaign of John Sullivan (1779), which finally shattered the Iroquois League. Regardless of their service, the treaties of 1785 and 1788 drastically reduced Oneida Territory, with some moving up the Thames River in Canada, others to Green Bay, Wisconsin (1821). |
| See also | Six Nations |
| Citations | Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee |
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804
Halliday Jackson's Book [of Corrrespondence], Genesinguhta, 1798-1800
Halliday Jackson's Journal, 1806
Sketch of the Customs, Religion and Government of the Seneca Indians, in 1800
Journal of a Visit to the Seneca Indians, 1796, by James Cooper of Woodbury, N.J.
Joseph Clark's Account of a Journey to the Indian Country, 1797
Joseph Clark's Of a second Visit to the Indian Country, 1801
Journal of Joshua Evans 1795-1796 (E)
Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793
Joseph Moore's Journal
John Peirce Notes, on a visit to Several Tribes of Indians, 1796
Joshua Sharpless's Journal Into Indian Country, 1798
Jonathan Thomas His Book 1798
Account of Canandaigua Treaty Negotiations
Copy of a manuscript respecting the American Indians (A)
Minutes of the Committee on Indian Concern No 1
Reports of the Indian Committee to New York Yearly Meeting, 1795-1806
New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook
Extract The Speech of John Skenando principal Chief of the Oneida Nation
The Bank of Faith and Works United
Travels in Some Parts of North America, in the Years 1804, 1805, & 1806, by Robert Sutcliff
Life of Thomas Eddy
Wm. Hartshorne's Journal of Journey to Detroit 1793
William Allinson Diary, Volume 1
William Allinson Diary, Volume 2
Some Account of our Journey to Cannandaigue
Account of I. Coates, J. Sharpless, & J. Pierce, visits to Indian Reservation, NY
A series of letters written on a Journey to the Oneida, Onondago, and Cayuga Tribes of the Five Nations, by Joseph Sansom
Joel Swayne Diary
