Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Sayenqueraghta

Seneca chief, 1707 to 1786

Sayenqueraghta is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1759 and 1780: 7 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 831 km apart end to end, 119 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (5), French and Indian War (2), Seven Years' War (1).

Battle of Devil's HoleSiege of Fort StanwixBattle of Klock's FieldBattle of Fort NiagaraBattle of La Belle-FamilleBattle of OriskanyBattle of WyomingBattle of NewtownBattle of Fort NiagaraBattle of La Belle-FamilleBattle of OriskanyBattle of WyomingBattle of NewtownTorontoBuffaloRochesterSyracuseAlbanyHamiltonIthacaSchenectadyJamestownPoughkeepsie200 km42.292N, 76.886W
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1759: 2 engagements2 in 17591763: 1 engagements1777: 2 engagements2 in 17771778: 1 engagements1779: 1 engagements1780: 1 engagements17591780
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Fort Niagara, 1759Battle of La Belle-Famille, 1759Battle of Devil's Hole, 1763Siege of Fort Stanwix, 1777Battle of Oriskany, 1777Battle of Wyoming, 1778Battle of Newtown, 1779Battle of Klock's Field, 178017591780
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
6 July 1759Battle of Fort NiagaraFort Niagara, United StatesBritish-Haudenosaunee victory
24 July 1759Battle of La Belle-FamilleNew York, United States3 km SEBritish-Haudenosaunee victory
14 September 1763Battle of Devil's HoleNew York, United States12 km SSeneca victory
1777Siege of Fort StanwixFort Stanwix, New York, United States291 km EAmerican victory
6 August 1777Battle of OriskanyNew York, United States8 km SEBritish victory
3 July 1778Battle of WyomingWyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, United States210 km SLoyalist-Haudenosaunee victory
29 August 1779Battle of NewtownChemung County, New York, United States111 km NWAmerican victory
19 October 1780Battle of Klock's FieldSt. Johnsville, New York, United States197 km NEInconclusive

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.