There were at least two Shawnee expeditions from Virginia during the F&I War
according to testimony made by participants who were in court to prove their
right to bounty land. One of these was described in Volume 5 of the
_Virginia Historical Register_; I don't remember the particulars. There are
also a number of references in the Calendar of Virginia State Papers.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Curtis Cleveland <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 1:05 AM
Subject: [VA-HIST] 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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