Sir:  You may want to check the new book "Breaking the Backcountry: The
Seven Years’ War in Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1754-65". By Matthew C. Ward.
(Pittsburgh, PA.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003. ISBN 0-8229-4214-3.

Best regards,
John Maass
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/maass2/
"Nec Aspera Terrent"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis Cleveland" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 1:05 AM
Subject: Incident Between Cherokee and "Allied" Virginians, 1758 or 1759


> Hello,
>
> I have just joined the list and am seeking information about a conflict
> between Virginians ( presumably militia ) and Cherokee sometime in 1758 or
> 1759. I've only been able to find vague accounts of it but apparently
> about 100 Cherokee and and unknown number of Virginians were on an
> expedition together against some other Indians ( presumably Shawnee ) when
> the Cherokee lost a lot of their equipment in a difficult river crossing.
> The Indians were in a difficult situation and the whites refused to share
> their supplies. The Cherokee stole some horses from the Virginians who
> pursued and attacked them.
>
> Supposedly this incident was a factor in stirring up the border unrest we
> have come to know as the "Cherokee War" but if it was an influential event
> it seems poorly documented. I can only find fragments on the Web. Does
> anyone know what happened and when?
>
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