Feb 2-9 : Fort McIntosh, Georgia (Camden County). Loyalist troops from East Florida including Creeks/Seminoles capture the fort after a series of skirmishes and a brief siege
May 15 : Sawpit Bluff, Florida. Patriots skirmish with Creek/Seminole Indians.
May 17 : Thomas' Swamp, FL. Loyalist Florida Rangers(50), Creeks/Seminole and regulars(73) under Col Prevost defeated Col Baker's Patriot force (109).
Jul 1-4 : Burgoyne's Advance-Ticonderoga area. The few Loyalist (Jessups Corps-150) and Abenaki, Chippewa, Ottawas, Menominees and Iroquois (400+) under Burgoyne operate as scouts or as part of the advance guard. They skirmished with Patriot outposts and patrols. Most were attached to St Leger's column.
Jul : Ft Barrington, GA. Seminoles under Cowkeeper raid and skirmish with Patriot militia.
Aug 3 : Siege of Ft. Stanwix. St Leger's column of 1000 Iroquois under Brant + Butler's Rangers (60-90) + Royal Regiment of New York (130) + Canadian Loyalist as sappers and boatmen + British regular troops besieges 700 Patriots under Col Gansevoort.
Aug 6 : Oriskany, New York. A Patriot relief column (800 men) under Herkimer is ambushed just short of Ft Stanwix by a combined Loyalist and Iroquois force. The Patriots are defeated.
Aug 16 : Bennington, NY. Major battle of the Saratoga campaign. Iroquois scouts fought..
Sept 1 : Siege of Ft Henry Virginia (Wheeling W.Va). 400 Indians from several tribes under Simon Girty beseige the fort but retreat when a relief column arrives.
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