Lenape
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The Assault on Fort Seybert, April 1758
The palisaded stockade known as Fort Seybert was built atop a bluff on the South Branch of the South Fork of the Potomac River, in present-day West Virginia. , by Jacob Seybert, soon after he purchased the 210-acre plot of land on which it was constructed in May 1755. The French and Indian War (The… Continue reading
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‘Preserved from the Jaws of Death’ : The Deliverance of Elizabeth and William Fleming
At the beginning of November 1755, four months after General Edward Braddock’s disastrous defeat on the Monongahela, Shawnee and Lenape (Delaware) warriors led by Shingas launched a series of devastating attacks on the Great Cove area of the Province of Pennsylvania. On November 1, a party of about 100 Lenape and Shawnee warriors launched attacks… Continue reading
Hellish Fiends, and Brutish Men 