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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kittanning, destruction of (search)
Kittanning, destruction of In consequence of repeated injuries from the white people of Pennsylvania, the Delaware Indians had become bitterly hostile in 1756. They committed many depredations, and early in September Col. John Armstrong marched against the Indian town of Kittanning, on the Alleghany River, about 45 miles northeast from Pittsburg. He approached the village stealthily, and fell upon the Indians furiously with about 300 men at 3 A. M., Sept. 8, 1756. The Indians refusingKittanning, on the Alleghany River, about 45 miles northeast from Pittsburg. He approached the village stealthily, and fell upon the Indians furiously with about 300 men at 3 A. M., Sept. 8, 1756. The Indians refusing the quarter which was offered them, Colonel Armstrong ordered their wigwams to be set on fire. Their leader, Captain Jacobs, and his wife and son were killed. About forty Indians were destroyed, and eleven English prisoners were released. Main Street, Dawson City, July, 1897.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
declaring war against the Delawares and Shawnees......November, 1755 Estimated annual value of rents, etc., to the proprietary estates, £ 30,000; not subjected to taxation......1755 Franklin undertakes the military command and defence of the frontier with the rank of colonel......January, 1756 Active hostilities between the English and the French along the entire frontier of the colonies from the spring of 1753, but war was not declared until......May 18, 1756 Indian village at Kittanning, on the Alleghany, 45 miles to the north of Pittsburg, headquarters of the Delaware Indians, is surprised and destroyed by Col John Armstrong with 300 Pennsylvanians......Sept. 7, 1756 Franklin sent to England in support of the Assembly's petition against the proprietaries Thomas and Richard Penn, who oppose taxing their vast estate, and controlled the deputy governor. He arrives in London......July 27, 1757 [Succeeds in securing the assessment of taxes on the surveyed lands at the usu