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This is from Treasures of the Past

History of Indiana County, PA
By J. A. Caldwell
1880

Chapters 11 - 20

 

Chapter 11:  pages 34 - 35

Movements of the French on the Lakes, and the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers

Chapter 12:  pages 35 - 42,

The First White Visitor to Indiana County 1748

Weiser's Mission to Logstown, 1748

Instructions to Conrad Weiser

Weiser's Journal, 1748

Distances on the Paths Westward, According to John Harris

Hart's Sleeping Place

Chapter 13:  pages 42 - 49               Photo Between Pages 48 and 49

De Celoron's Expedition to the Ohio in 1749-Burial of the Leaden Plates-The Inscription-One of the Plates Deposited at the Indian God Rock in Venango County

Chapter 14:  pages 49 - 51

The New Theory of the Leaden Plate-Efforts of the French to Establish Their Claim-Deposition of Stephen Coffen

Chapter 15:  pages 51 - 54

Situation of Affairs Between The French and English-Overtures of Both to the Indians-Joncaire-Frazer, The First White Man Located in the Allegheny Valley

Frazer's Letter

Shippen's Letter

Deposition of John Trotter, 1754

Chapter 16:  pages 54 - 56

France and England Face to Face in Western Pennsylvania-Washington Sent by the Governor of Virginia on a Mission to the French Posts

Washington's Commission

Instructions for George Washington

He Visits Venango and Wins His First Great Triumph

Chapter 17:  pages 56 - 61

Washington's Journal of His Tour to the French Posts on the Allegheny

Gist's Journal

Chapter 18:  pages 61 - 77

Publication of Washington's Journal and its Effect Upon the Colonies-Their Subsequent Action

The Capture of the Forks of the Ohio by the French as Shown in the Letters of Washington to the Governors of Pennsylvania and Virginia

The Summons of Contrecoeur

General Braddock's and Governor Morris' Letters, 1775

The Erection of Fort Necessity - The Battle of

The King's Instruction To Gen E. Braddock, 1754 - Braddock's

Chapter 19:  pages 77 - 80

Braddock's Army - The March, Battle and Retreat

Chapter 20:  pages 80 - 83

Lieutenant Colonel John Armstrong's Expedition Against Kitanning

List of the Killed and Wounded

Deleware Chiefs - Captain Jacobs and Shingas

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