Tillman Nechtman,

The information here was found while I was looking for something else and is 
no doubt well beyond your research deadline. However, I came across a speech 
by Red Jacket, given in defense of Stiff-armed George, who had been accused 
of murder. There is no mention of Joshua Hill, but accompanying account 
establishes Sa-go-ye-wat-ha's contact with travelers and settlers in Ontario 
County (most of Western New York in 1800). "History of Ontario County New 
York." Philadelphia: Ewerts, Ensign & Ewerts, 1876. Reprint Ovid New York: W 
E Morrison, 1976, pp. 26-7.

Maureen Kingston, Historian
Town of Avon, NY
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Subject: [NYHIST-L] Joshua Hill and Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha)


>I am researching the life and career of a British adventurer by the name of 
>Joshua Hill.  Hill is perhaps
> best known (where he is known at all) for taking control (without 
> permission) of the British colony at
> Pitcairn Island in the Pacific from 1832 to 1837.
>
> I have found a letter in which Hill claims to have lived with the Seneca 
> leader Sagoyewatha (or Red
> Jacket) and to have visited Niagara and Montmorency Falls.  Both claims 
> suggest he spent time in
> western New York State, and I am trying to find any research leads that 
> might help me confirm the
> claims.  Any suggestions on where I might find archival materials from 
> Sagoyewatha, in particular,
> would be welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Tillman W. Nechtman
> Associate Professor
> British and British Imperial History
> Department of History
> Skidmore Colleg