Oneidas
A tribe of the Iroquois confederacy. Their villages stood
between those of the Mohawks on the east and the Onondagas on the west.
In the American Revolution, they alone with some of the Tuscaroras took
the side of the rebellious colonists, the remainder of the confederacy
remaining loyal to Great Britain. The remnant of the tribe is now
settled on reservations in New York, in Wisconsin, and in the Niagara
peninsula. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era) Torture Father Millet, 216; party of, destroyed,
308; three burnt alive, 309; negotiate for peace, 324. (Samuel de Champlain era) Iroquois
tribe, 50. (Bishop Laval era) Frontenac marches against, 233. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Their wavering
fidelity, 148; Brant burns village of, 153. =Bib.=: See Iroquois.