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Lord Dunmore's War Mingo Chief Logan Was Very Peaceful with the Settlers and they answered yes. Name On April 27, 1774, settlers skirmished with natives on Pipe Creek where some on both sides were injured. The skirmish signaled the growing trouble in the new lands. Lord Dunmore's War Mingo chief Logan was very peaceful with the settlers. His people By Mary Lynn Bushong had not caused any trouble. On April 30, a few members of a Mingo hunting party, including some of Logan's family, stopped at a tavern Your first thought after reading this title might be who was Lord near the camp. They had been there peacefully many times before. Dunmore and why was a war named after him? Lord Dunmore was a They were given enough liquor to get them drunk. The people of the Scottish earl who was devoted to the English monarchy. Such town, led by Daniel Greathouse, killed all of them except a baby. devotion was often rewarded with plum positions in the government. This was also true in the case of John Murray, the fourth Earl of The settlers knew that the natives would come for revenge. They ran Dunmore. away to the safety of many different forts to avoid that. From that time on, Chief Logan was an enemy of the settlers. The best thing about plum government jobs in a colony was the potential to make a private fortune. His first appointment to the In May 1774, Dunmore heard of the troubles and gathered his forces. colonies was as the governor of New York. He was there for eleven Half the men went with him to Fort Pitt and down the Ohio River. The months and then was moved to be governor of Virginia. other half of the army went with Col. Andrew Lewis across the country to meet the governor at the Great Kanawha River. Very few of the English in charge of dealing with Native Americans had sympathy for the native position. The glorious land available for It wasn't until the end of September that Dunmore arrived at the taking was often too great a temptation to ignore. While Dunmore Wheeling. He proceeded toward the nearest Shawnee towns. On took his job as governor very seriously, he was also looking to October 10, his force was attacked by Shawnee warriors. The Battle improve his position with the king. of Point Pleasant was a victory for the British. The Shawnee moved to the other side of the Ohio River. After that, the British forces began After the French and Indian War, the Proclamation of 1763 reserved destroying Mingo villages until they too left the area. The war was all land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi effectively over. River for the Native Americans. Some people suggest that Dunmore became involved in the conflict This was a very unpopular decision with the colonists. They thought so that the Virginia government would have a stake in the new they should have rights to the land because their side won the war. territory. As governor, Dunmore would have been able to take The fact that it was already occupied did not matter to them. kickbacks from potential colonists or for land grants. Whatever the reason was, Dunmore returned to the Virginia capital where he By 1774, settlers were already pushing through the mountains to remained only a short time. He was so despised by many of the claim sections of the new land. Daniel Boone was one of those men, colonists that when the revolution came, he was a marked man. He and he led people to settle in parts of Kentucky. had to sneak out of the country onto a ship to England to avoid trouble. In the spring of 1774, a group of men gathered near the mouth of the Little Kanawha River. They awaited other colonists for the move into Kentucky. While there, reports of attacks by Native Americans began to reach them. Some of the men wanted to go and make a counter attack, but they were dissuaded. Leaders of the group suggested that they return to Wheeling, West Virginia. The commander of Fort Pitt sent messages to the local tribes. He asked if they were going to war, 4. Why was it illegal for Daniel Boone to lead settlers to Name Kentucky? Lord Dunmore's War Questions 1. Why were good government appointments given to the king's supporters? 5. What did the Proclamation of 1763 do? A. They could be used to get rich. A. It reserved certain lands for the Native Americans. B. They asked for them. B. It ended British rule in the Americas. C. They were given as gifts. C. It ended the French and Indian War. D. They were rewards for support. D. It opened Indian lands to settlement. 2. Why did many colonists think they had a right to Native 6. Who was the peaceful Mingo chief whose family was American lands after the French and Indian War? murdered? A. Shawnee B. Murray C. Dunmore D. Logan 7. Why was the skirmish on Pipe Creek significant? 3. Why were many in the government unsympathetic to the position of the Native Americans? 8. Why do you think Dunmore was so disliked by the colonists? Chief Logan was a friend to the settlers before they murdered many Name of his family. Why do you think the local people would risk making an enemy of the local chief? After the French and Indian War, many people thought they should be able to colonize the new land that their side had won. Why do you think they had no regard for the native people already living there?.
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