Sayenqueraghta was the war chief of the eastern Seneca tribe in the mid-18th century. Before the American Revolution he was referred to as chief of the Senecas. He served on the British side against the French during the French and Indian War and was present at the Battle of Fort Niagara. During Pontiac's War he was the Seneca war-chief who defeated a British force at the Battle of Devil's Hole. In 1764 the Seneca came to Fort Niagara where they made peace with the British government and Sayenqueraghta "buried the Axe" with Britain. Early in the Revolutionary War, Sayenqueraghta tried to keep the Iroquois neutral. In July, 1777, the Seneca decided to enter the war on the British side and he was named, along with Cornplanter, to be the war chiefs of the Iroquois confederacy. He was the primary Indian leader at the Battle of Wyoming. His village of Ganundasaga was destroyed during the Sullivan Campaign and was not rebuilt. In 1779, he started receiving a pension from the British of one hundred dollars per year. He resented the favourable treatment the British gave to Joseph Brant. Sayenqueraghta was at the Battle of Johnstown and other battles. In 1781, he led a war party towards Fort Pitt. He died in 1786 in Smoke Creek, Lackawanna, New York.