Chronicles of border warfare : $b or, A history of the settlement by the whites, of north-western Virginia, and of the Indian wars and massacres, in that section of the stateWithers, Alexander Scott
History
Chronicles of border warfare : $b or, A history of the settlement by the whites, of north-western Virginia, and of the Indian wars and massacres, in that section of the state
Withers, Alexander Scott
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815; Ohio River Valley -- History -- To 1795; West Virginia -- History -- To 1950
CHAP. 8th. General view of the relative situation of Great Britain and
the colonies, British emissaries and American Tories stimulate the
Savages to war, Progress of settlements in Kentucky, Character of
Harrod, Boone and Logan, Attack on Harrod's fort, on Boone's and on
Logan's, Bowman arrives to its relief, Cornstock visits Point
Pleasant, Projected campaign against the Indians abortive, Cornstock's
son visits him, Gilmore killed, Murder of Cornstock, Of Ellinipsico
and others, Character of Cornstock. 187-214.
CHAP. 9. General alarm on the frontier, Savages commit depredations,
Intelligence of contemplated invasion, Condition of Wheeling, Indians
seen near it, Two parties under captain Mason and captain Ogal decoyed
within the Indian lines and cut to pieces, Girty demands the surrender
of Wheeling, Col. Zane's reply, Indians attacks the fort and retire,
Arrival of col. Swearingen with a reinforcement, of captain Foreman,
Ambuscade at Grave creek narrows, conspiracy of Tories discovered and
defeated, Petro and White taken prisoners, Irruption into Tygarts
Valley, Murder at Conoly's and at Stewarts. 215-235.
CHAP. 10. Measures of defence, Fort M'Intosh erected, exposed
situation, commencement of hostilities, Attack on Harbert's
blockhouse, Murder at Morgan's on Cheat, Of Lowther and Hughes,
Indians appear before Fort at the point, Decoy Lieut. Moore into an
ambuscade, a larger army visits Fort, stratagem to draw out the
garrison, Prudence and precaution of capt. M'Kee. Fort closely
besieged, Siege raised, Heroic adventure of Prior and Hammond to save
Greenbrier, Attack on Donnelly's Fort, Dick Pointer, Affair at West's
Fort, Successful artifice of Hustead, Affair at Cobern's fort, at
Strader's, Murder of Stephen Washburn, captivity, &c. of James,
Projected invasion of Indian country, Col. Clarke takes Kaskaskias and
other towns, Fort Lawrens erected by Gen. M'Intosh and garrisoned.
236-256.
CHAP. 11. Gov. Hamilton marches to St. Vincent--critical situation of
col. Clarke, his daring expedition against Hamilton, condition of Fort
Lawren's, Successful stratagem of Indians there, Gen. M'Intosh arrives
with an army, Fort evacuated, Transactions in Kentucky, captivity of
Boone, his escape and expedition against Paint creek town, Indian
[iii] army under Du Quesne appear before Boone's fort, politic conduct
of Boone, Fort assaulted, Assailants repulsed, Expedition against
Chilicothe towns under Bowman, Its failure, Kentucky increases rapidly
in population. 257-274.
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