During the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the Iroquois League, 
along with some other Indian groups, sided with the British against 
the Americans. In the summer of 1777, British General John 
Burgoyne marched south down the Hudson from Canada to Albany. 
Along the way, some Indian warriors who had joined the marched 
began killing American settlers indiscriminately. One of the victims 
was Jane McCrea, whose murder is shown here in this Currier and 
Ives print, dated 1846. News of this attack traveled swiftly among 
the colonists, inciting many young men to enlist with American 
forces in the Continental Army to fight against Burgoyne.