[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] in Lossing's Field Book. Having lost Mohawk castles occurred after the battle their shirts the Indians evidently feared of Bennington, and that the fugitives fled that they might lose their skins. to Burgoyne, but the account by Glaus is a Colonial History, viu, 725. Johnson the most probable. 35 276 THE INDIAN TRIBES Indian was found in its ranks. For their conduct Johnson and Claus had many excuses to offer. The latter charged that their " harsh and indiscreet treatment " by Major Campbell, caused the greatest part of them to quit Burgoyne; Johnson assumed that at Oriskany they were not adequately supported by St. Leger, and that had they been they " would have ren dered more material service; " but the fact would seem to be that they had acted in precise accordance *with the course which they had pursued in the previous war with France, and were ready at all times to court the favor of the party which, for the time being, appeared the most successful. The evidence