APUSH and YOU

Indian support was the last resorts on the Loyalist and Patriot lists of whom to enlist for the war.

But both sides did stronlgy advise the Natives to stay out of the Family Scuffle and remain neutral no matter what the other side offered.

George Washington had a different list apparently. He was in desperate need for more men, if they were going to win this Revolution. He enlisted gunmen from the Eastern tribes during the winter of 1774-1775. The tribes were: Stockbridge Passamaquoddy, St. John's, and Penubscot.
The fall of 1775, the British General Gage justified using other Native recruits because Washington had.