Little Beard’s forces killed one leader in this state with a tomahawk after his wet pistol misfired. Cornplanter led a tribe in this state that was defeated at the Battle of Newtown. A family from this state included the widow of William Johnson and a man who allied with Walter Butler to commit the Cherry Valley Massacre. Nicholas Herkimer was fatally wounded at the Battle of Oriskany in this state, the primary target of the Sullivan Expedition. This state’s (*) Fort Stanwix was besieged prior to a battle where the defenders were aided by the Polish engineer Tadeusz Kościuszko. Joseph Brant was from this state, where the Battle of Bemis Heights and Freeman’s Farm occurred and Simon Fraser was killed. For 10 points, the Iroquois were centered in what state, the site of the Battle of Saratoga? ■END■
ANSWER: New York [or NY]
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