Part 4 in a Series by Mason Winfield: It was the morning of July 4, 1814. The Niagara Campaign–the American invasion of the Canadian side of the river–was twelve hours old, and the sailing had ...

By the 1812 war they were firmly on the side of ... the Seneca had not really been riled up. The Battle of Chippawa was the first time they crossed the river in force and went on the offense.

H. A. DeWeerd (New York: Cooper Square, 1999), pp. 175–76. 17. Although most histories of the War of 1812 refer to this creek as Chippewa, the actual name of the creek is Chippawa. 18. Edward Deering ...