Daniel Doxtator

Oneida

• Son of Cornelius Doxtator and Jane "Jennie" Skenandoah
• Married Elizabeth Silas
• Fought at the Battle of Chippewa during the War of 1812
• Fought during the American Civil War
• Holy Apostles Episcopal Church Death Register: 653 Apr. 29, 1873 Daniel Doxtator age 75
• Joseph O. Powless Diary, "Page 53 of Diary, Died in Oneida 1873": "Saturday, Daniel Doxtater now died, April 26."
• Page 1 Civil War 'Widows' Pensions' application of Christine Baird and Elizabeth Doxtator to obtain a Pension for the services of Paul Doxtator; https://www.fold3.com/image/296665204
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249341250/daniel-doxtator

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"One of the Iroquois fighting with the Americans who fell during the battle was the Oneida Chief Cornelius Doxtator. Ephraim Webster, an interpreter who was at the battle, recalled his death: “Doxtator was pursued by five or six mounted Wyandots (Huron). They passed near him, and knowing well the Indian rules of warfare, he stood erect and firm, looking them full in the face; they passed him unharmed. Doxtator was shot just as he leaped a fence near by, upon which the Wyandots wheeled and rode off.” In 1877 Chief Doxtator’s grandson told what happened next: “After Doxtator was shot a Chippewa ran up, tomahawked and scalped him; and with others, captured Doxtator’s two boys, Daniel and George, respectively 17 and 15, who were near their father. But some Oneidas shot the Chippewa as he was clambering a fence, tomahawked and scalped him, and recovered the prisoner boys.” https://www.historynet.com/iroquois-battle-fellow-iroquois-on-the-n...