The area is now home to the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation (also known as Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory), the land having been promised to Joseph Brant, leader of the Mohawks that were loyal to the British Monarchy.
This migration also included Native American loyalists such as Mohawk leader Joseph Brant, the "Black Loyalists" – former slaves who had joined the British cause in exchange for their freedom, and Anabaptist loyalists (Mennonites).
Mohawk chief Joseph Brant led a group of Loyalists, Mohawk and other warriors against rebel colonial settlers in the area.
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In 1886, Kā-kīwistāhāw and other "loyal" chiefs were chosen to travel to Brantford, Ontario, for the unveiling of a memorial to Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea).
Indian Castle Church was built in 1769 as a missionary church to the Mohawk in this western settlement, by Sir William Johnson, British Superintendent of Indian Affairs, on land donated by Mary Brant, his consort, and her younger brother Joseph Brant, Mohawk leaders allied with Johnson.