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Category: Early settlers vs. native Americans

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March 22, 2021 Early settlers vs. native Americans / French & Indian War / Kentucky / Revolutionary War / Writers

Book Review: ‘Blood and Treasure–Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier’

Blood & Treasure gives crucial context to why Boone’s years in Kentucky were, at almost every stage, lived in the constant backdrop of “Indian troubles.”

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October 29, 2020 Appalachian scary tales / Early settlers vs. native Americans / Ghost stories / West Virginia

The Red-Headed Man: A Ghost Tale of Dorsey’s Knob

There is protection against the red-headed man – visitors who know will carry a small, handmade “X” on their windshields or in their pockets.

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trabue family coat of arms
February 15, 2019 Early settlers vs. native Americans

I for my part began to feel chikinhearted

In his youth Daniel Trabue (1760-1840) served as a Virginia soldier in the Revolutionary War. He recorded this narrative in 1827.

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1930 arrowhead monument dedication
January 30, 2019 Early settlers vs. native Americans / North Carolina

Dedicating the Arrowhead Monument at Old Fort

In 1930 the Arrowhead Monument on Highway 70 near the Southern Railway Depot was presented, with appropriate ceremonies. 


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pen & ink drawing of Bush's Fort, near Buckhannon
November 29, 2017 Early settlers vs. native Americans / Kidnapping / Shawnee nation

I closed my eyes and bent my head to receive the stroke of the tomahawk

One of the Shawnee warriors, made furious by my obstinacy, snatched my babe from my breast, and threatened to brain it against a tree.

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