Post by Matthew S. Schweitzer on Jan 27, 2006 15:50:59 GMT -5
The major event that triggered what would become known as Lord Dunmore's War was the brutal premeditated murder of a number of Mingo Indians on Yellow Creek, a tributary of the Ohio River, on April 30, 1774. Among the dead were several relatives of the Mingo Chief Logan. Logan is, of course, best remembered for his moving and eloquent speech given at the end of that war under the famous tree that bore his name for nearly 200 years. The short but bloody war that gave cause for that speech in the first place is just another in a long list of forgotten conflicts that, despite its short duration and limited scope, had significant implications for both the Ohio Indians and the white settlers who were pouring into western Virginia.
The following is a good account of the massacre that precipitated the hostilities in that bloody summer of '74.
shawhan.com/chieflogan.html
The remainder of Logan's life was a broken and sad one, finally ending in his own murder at the hands of one of his own people many years later.
The following is a good account of the massacre that precipitated the hostilities in that bloody summer of '74.
shawhan.com/chieflogan.html
The remainder of Logan's life was a broken and sad one, finally ending in his own murder at the hands of one of his own people many years later.