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Walter Butler Reconsidered The Tory Ranger Leader
Howard Swiggett’s War Out of Niagara refutes the old “infamous villain” image of Walter Butler. The study portrays Butler as a young, ambitious, capable officer leading loyalists with mixed motives amid a civil war. It juxtaposes earlier historians’ blame with new evidence from primary sources.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Simon Girty
Benedict Arnold
Cherry Valley
Walter Butler
Walter Butter
Niagara
Tory Rangers
Columbia University Press
New York State Historical Association
Howard Swiggett
Mohawk Valley
Johnsons
Butlers
Crigen
John Butler
Sir William Johnson
Northern Department
Torley
Bingleh
Long House
Schuyler
Gates
Library of Congress
Timothy Dwight
Yale University
Lafayette
Baldimand
Canada
Brant
Butter
Simms
New York
Butler
Boms
Albany
Fort Pitt
Detroit
Hyldlmand
Northwestern
Chlildren
Continental Army
Guttersburg
New York Province
Guy Johnston
Sir John Johnson
Sir William
John Butter
Joseph Brant
Quwego
King’s Own
Montreal
Quebec
Fort Niagara
Butler Rangers
St. Leger
Burgoyne
Howe
Old Fort Stanwix
Fort Schuyler
Gansevoort
Marinux Willett
Oriskany
Mohawk
Willett
General Schuyler
Swiggett
Corps of Rangers
Johnostown
Marline Willett
Johnstown
Ross
Hesa
Canada Creek
Walter Bunter
Oneida
Ely
Schenectandy
St. George's Shires
Canada Freek
Swiegett
Mite II