"We have experienced your love, strong as the oak, and your fidelity, unchangeable as truth. You have kept fast hold of the ancient covenant-chain, and preserved it free from rust and decay, and bright as silver. Like brave men, for glory you despised danger; you stood forth, in the cause of your friends, and ventured your lives in our battles. While the sun and moon continue to give light to the world, we shall love and respect you. As our trusty friends, we shall protect you; and shall at all times consider your welfare as our own.”
-United States Congress Statement, 1777
1775-The Iroquois Confederacy effectivly splits apart as the Six Tribes of the Confederacy eventually take sides during the American Revolutionary War.
Four of the Tribes, The Mowhawks, Senecas, Cayugas, and the Onondagas side with the British for the most part with fewer rebel-leaning members.
The Oneidas and Tuscarora, side with the rebel colonists. They will become known as The First Allies and later United States Citizens.