Seven Years’ War
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The Battle of the Trough, 1756
The skirmish known as the Battle of the Trough was a minor engagement in the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the Seven Years’ War). The action, which took place in present-day Hardy County, West Virginia, left seven colonists dead and four others wounded. In the aftermath of the disastrous defeat of 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
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The 1752 Raid on Pickawillany
When he died in the winter of 1800-1801, Charles-Michel Mouet de Langlade had been an ally to the British in North America for forty years. Such an outcome would not have occurred when he first stepped onto the pages of history. Langlade was a Métis; his mother, Domitilde, was the daughter of an Odawa (or Continue reading
Hellish Fiends, and Brutish Men 