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Shawnee Indians

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Balcony Falls

 File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Contains semi-dramatized account of violent interaction between numerous then-Augusta county citizens and a local Native American tribe near Balcony Falls, resulting in numerous deaths on both sides.

Dates: 1872 - 1988

Cornstalk, 1926-10-28, 1935-02

 File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

This file consists of three articles written on Chief Cornstalk, and his involvement in violent raids that occured in Rockbridge County, as well as his death at the hands of a soldier, Jacob Hull, in 1777 in Point Pleasant. Cornstalk led battles during Pontiac's Raid.

Dates: 1926-10-28; 1935-02

Forts, 1960-02

 File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

This file constains a group of serially published newspaper articles on the history of George Washington developing and using frontier forts in order to create defensive structures to limit casualties and damages from Native American raids and conflicts. Articles published between February 14th to March 6th, 1960.

Dates: 1960-02

Kerrs Creek, 1872-01 - 1988-04-15

 File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a handwritten account by Harvey Hotinger, reproduced and photocopied versions of articles related to the Kerrs Creek Massacre and other Native American and settler conflict in the area. Includes a copy of an interview with Jane Gay Stevenson sent from Charles Estell Baker of Center Point Independent Church of Birmingham Alabama. Also contains a report written by Madeline Gillespie entitled "Kerr's Creek Indian Raids" from 1955.

Dates: 1872-01 - 1988-04-15

Paul's Fort, 1970-05-03

 File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a copy of a Roanoke Times article entitled "Highway Passes Over Site of Fort" by George Wilson. Talks about viewing the fort from their perspective in the 1970s.

Dates: 1970-05-03