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Article: Settlers, Indians clash in Ohio Valley; Era of peace leads to raids, guerrilla war by both sides.(PLUGGED IN - NATIONAL SECURITY)(AMERICA AT WAR)(Column)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- October 1, 2009
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Byline: Steve French, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
On J uly 24, 1774, Lord Dunmore, writing from his temporary headquarters at Winchester, Va., dispatched an important letter to
Gen. Andrew Lewis. The royal governor sketched an outline of a two-pronged campaign against the Indians of the Ohio Valley.
For many years after the end of Pontiac's Rebellion in 1764, northwestern Virginia had been relatively free of Indian trouble. In recent years, however, the white man's hunger for more land coupled with Indian braves' frequent crossing of the Ohio River on horse-stealing raids had been leading both sides to an inevitable conflict.
That ...