The Oneidas and Tuscarorons (the only two tribes out of the 6 Iriquois nations will to help the American cause) met in Albany in September of 1777 with American General Philip Schuyler (at right). The Natives agreed to aid the Americans in dealing with Burgoyne at Freeman's Farm. The Natives followed under General Horatio Gate.
After fighting off the British and their Native allies, they retreated to New York. There they through a bloody temper tantrum, aka guerilla warfare on the interior Patriot settlements. This was between 1778 and 1779. George Washington and General John Sullivan responded by scorching the Native American crop land and villages of the opposing Iriquois nations.
In the South, the British had 14,000 Native American warriors at their disposal. Three thousand Cherokees, 3,000 Choctaws, 3,000 Creeks (joined later), 5,000 Chickasaws.
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