The Frontier War

The war  suddenly moved West.  and there was a colonel, George Rogers Clark, was a Patriot.

Kaskasia and Cohokia were captured

also, there were 175 soldiers on colonel George's army, so they had people and good support.  British responded and captured the fort at Vinunnes, Indiana. this happened after natives captured British posts. 

In late February of 1779, they reached Clark men who were working volnteers in Vincinnes. They covinced them to abandon the British so they recaptured their fort. But by the end of the war, patrots controlled all Ohio River Valley (1781)

In 1779 Native Americans attacked forts in New York City. The results of that were terrible, and 40 regions ended up burned. Instead of stopping, their attacks just continued. Major General John Sullivan was ordered by Washington to destroy the Iriquois