Tuscaroras To the Rescue-- Part 1: "A Few Lucky Minutes to Escape"

From the "Tuscarora Heroes" book by Lee Simonson.

**  Bravery brought a company of armed Tuscaroras to the rescue. led by war chief orator Longboard, Col. Johnson, Ovid, and Littlegreen.  They had heard the alarm and seen the torch, and fired a single volley which sufficiently surprised the British and Mohawk natives to cause a retreat and delay that furnished the inhabitants a few lucky minutes to escape from the blow of the tomahawk and thrust of the fatal knife."

--  Chipman P. Turner, "Dark Days On the Frontierof Western New York" 1879.

**  "It should be mentioned to the credit of a small band of Tuscarora Indians, that they effectually aided the flight of the citizens of Lewiston."

--  O. Turner, "Pionerer History of WNY" 1850

--Brock-Perry