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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 106 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ONEIDA (a corruption of their proper name Oneyotka-ono, " See also:people of the See also:stone," in allusion to the Oneida stone, a See also:granite See also:boulder near their former See also:village, which was held sacred by them)  , a tribe of See also:North See also:American See also:Indians of Iroquoian stock, forming one of the Six Nations . They lived around See also:Oneida See also:Lake in New See also:York See also:state, in the region southward to the Susquehanna . They 'were not loyal to the See also:League's policy of friendliness to the See also:English, but inclined towards the See also:French, and were practically the only See also:Iroquois who fought for the Americans in the See also:War of See also:Independence . As a consequence they were attacked by others of the Iroquois under See also:Joseph See also:Brant and took See also:refuge within the American settlements till the war ended, when the See also:majority returned to their former See also:home, while some migrated to the See also:Thames See also:river See also:district, See also:Ontario . See also:Early in the 19th See also:century they sold their lands, and most of them settled on a See also:reservation at See also:Green See also:Bay, See also:Wisconsin, some few remaining in New York state . The tribe now See also:numbers more than 3000, of whom about two-thirds are in Wisconsin, a few hundreds in New York state, and about 800 in Ontario . They are civilized and prosperous .

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