Yellow Creek massacre
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The Yellow Creek massacre was a killing of several Mingo Indians by Virginian settlers on April 30, 1774. The massacre occurred across from the mouth of the Yellow Creek on the upper Ohio River in the
Illustration from Frost, Pictorial History of Indian Wars (1873)
Logan's Lament
Lord Dunmore's War
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Lord Dunmore's War, also known as Dunmore's War, was a brief conflict in the fall of 1774 between the British Colony of Virginia and the Shawnee and Mingo in the trans-Appalachia region of the colony
Yellow Creek massacre
…Country, near the current site of the Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort. It was the single most important incident contributing to the outbreak of Lord Dunmore's War (May–October 1774). It was carried out by a group led by Jacob Greathouse and Daniel Greathouse. Daniel Greathouse died of measles the following year…
Portrait of Lord Dunmore by Joshua Reynolds, 1765. John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, for whom the war is named
1854 illustration of the battle
Treaty of Camp Charlotte location spot.
Treaty of Camp Charlotte location plaque.