AMERICAN REVOLUTION
MAY 26 1782
COLONEL CRAWFORD
On this day in history, May
25, 1782, American Colonel William Crawford marched his army
towards the Ohio River where General George Washington had charged
him with an attack on local Indians who had taken sides with the
British.
Colonel Crawford was a
veteran of Indian warfare during the French-Indian War, Pontiac's
Rebellion and Lord Dunmore' s War, a close friend of Washington,
came out of retirement , to assist his fellow Virginian in the
Revolution.
The expedition ended in a
slow harrowing death for Crawford. His supply chain disintegrated
and a Wyandot Indian tribe surrounded Crawford and his troops. The
Ohio Indians were up in arms because of a recent slaughter at
Gnadenhutten, Pennsylvania by some of the troops in Crawford army.
Chief Konieschguanokee took
revenge on Crawfords unit, scalping him and his son in law, burning
them alive at the stake, 250 others were killed in the encounter.
Crawford was remembered as
a martyr , a National Register of historic Places monument marks the
spot in memory and several counties in Ohio and Pennsylvania carry
his name.
Source:
www.history.com/thisdayinhistory.
Abstract Harrison Howeth 2017/
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