Submitted By: Kenneth K Medulan Jonathan Franklin died during the battle of Wyoming in the Pennamite Wars. During the revolution, a large portion of the men of the valley joined the Continental Army. A number of Tory-Loyalists remained and in 1778 were joined by a group known as Butler's Rangers, their Indian allies (Iriquois) some Scots and Dutch, whom the Connecticut people had expelled from the valley at the beginning of the war. The invaders were led by Sir John Johnson, John Butler, and Joseph Brant. Prior to the attack, the settlers had taken refuge in the fort known as Forty Fort near Wilkes-Barre. The settlers did not number over 400, chiefly boys and old men; the British force including 700 Indians was about 1100. After a desperate battle fought on the 3rd of July, 1778, the settlers were completely defeated, about 2/3 being killed by the Indians. The greater part of the inhabitants of the valley were complelled to flee to other settlements and endured great hardships.
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