Indians Siding With The British

Therefore he turned many of the native americans against the americans.

Indians siding with the british. For many indians in particular the shawnee creeks and the very large and powerful cherokee and iroquois the british seemed like a better bet. To give up sovereignty over that territory. Joseph brant wasn t the only reason that they sided with the british. Other tribes saw siding with the americans as an opportunity to protect their lands by allying with the nearest side.

The british knew full well that the indians wanted to stem the tide of settlement and they promised the indians that if they won the settlers would be stopped. Government which had won a signficant victory over them at tippecanoe in 1811. American settlers were encroaching on their land and native americans had already been in conflict with them before the war. The british intended if they won the war to establish an independent indian confederation in what became the american midwest forcing the u s.

This led several ohio tribes including the delawares and the white eyes to join the british side. The indians were already at war with the u s. The oneida indian nation played a significant role in the revolutionary war siding with the colonists against the british. These ohio tribes fought against the americans until 1783 well after the british troops surrendered.

Siding with the colonies.