See also:ONEIDA (a corruption of their proper name Oneyotka-ono, " See also:people of the See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
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
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They lived around See also:Oneida See also:Lake in New See also:York See also:state, in the region southward to the Susquehanna
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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
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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
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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
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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
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They are civilized and prosperous
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