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Christopher Gist is a great American hero who has often gone
unnoticed. Recognized for giving colonists the first detailed
description of the Ohio Country, Gist was a close friend of George
Washington, whom he met through their affiliation with the Ohio
Company. In 1753, the two went on an arduous trek through the
western Pennsylvania wilderness in the dead of winter to deliver a
message to the French commander on the upper Allegheny River. Gist
had a profound impact on Washington and saved the future
president's life on at least two occasions during their mission.
Despite Gist's impressive achievements, historians have largely
overlooked him. This book extensively details his remarkable
accomplishments in frontier exploration and military service.
George Washington and the Half King Chief Tanacharison is a
detailed account of the singular events in western Pennsylvania
that precipitated the French and Indian War. In particular, it
describes the interpersonal relationship between twenty-two year
old, inexperienced, but self-assured George Washington and the
fifty-four year old wily Iroquois half-king, Chief Tanacharison,
and how their interaction resulted in, as Horace Walpole quipped,
Washington firing ""a volley in the backwoods of America that set
the world on fire."" The book explores the history of the French
and English rivalry for the trans-Allegheny territory, and its
impact on the Indians in the area. It details how Washington and
Tanacharison each sought to influence the other to gain support for
their respective agendas. Washington wanted the Indians to endorse
Virginia's claim to the Ohio territory, while Tanacharison wanted
nothing less than a war between England and France so that the
Iroquois could maintain their dominance over the Ohio Indians. The
book describes in detail the sequence of events through which the
crafty half-king manipulated Washington into starting the war he
wanted, and by his actions implicated Washington in nothing less
than a cold-blooded murder.
This book consists of seven stand-alone accounts of individuals who
operated as spies during the American Revolutionary War. They were
not trained as covert agents, which meant they had to develop their
skills and techniques on their own, often while in the midst of the
enemy where discovery meant almost certain death for them, and
suffering and hardship for their family and friends. Five of them
spied for the American cause and two spied for the British. Not all
were motivated by patriotism, and not all escaped capture, yet
their often painfully gained experience benefited future operatives
and operations. They all were daring, intelligent and resourceful,
and each had an unusual personality. Their labours resulted in
battlefield victories, thwarted enemy plots, and significantly
changed the conduct of the war, yet in spite of their efforts and
their riveting stories, they and their deeds have remained
relatively unknown.
By all accounts, Sally Townsend of Oyster Bay was a very attractive
young lady - petite, vivacious, intelligent and remarkably
beautiful. But her large beguiling eyes were her most striking
characteristic, referenced in a 1779 Valentine poem from an
admiring British officer: ""Thou know'st what powerful magick lies
Within the round of Sarah's eyes."" She was the sister of Robert
Townsend, a principle member of the ""Culper Ring,"" General
Washington's most effective spy network. During the British
occupation (1776-1783), Redcoat, Hessian and Loyalist officers were
quartered in the Townsend home, and Sally assisted her brother in
gathering intelligence, coyly flirting with the enemy. She was the
romantic interest of Jager officer Ernst Wintzingerode, dallied
with Major John Andre, the British adjutant general, and was
courted by Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe of the Queen's
Rangers. This book tells the story of Sally Townsend, her secret
service during the Revolutionary War and the heavy price she paid
for her role in thwarting the Benedict Arnold treason plot. The
author explores the possible identity of the mysterious ""Agent
355"" mentioned in a cryptic Culper Ring message.
In the mid-17th century, the Iroquois Confederacy launched a war
for control of the burgeoning fur trade industry. These conflicts,
known as the Beaver Wars, were among the bloodiest in North
American history, and the resulting defeat of the Erie nation led
to present-day Ohio's becoming devoid of significant, permanent
Indian inhabitants. Only in the first quarter of the 18th century
did tribes begin to tentatively resettle the area. This book
details the story of the Beaver Wars, the subsequent Indian
migrations into present Ohio, the locations and descriptions of
documented Indian trails and settlements, the Moravian Indian
mission communities in Ohio, and the Indians' forlorn struggles to
preserve an Ohio homeland, culminating in their expulsion by Andrew
Jackson's Indian Removal Act in 1830.
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