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An early history of the Wyoming Valley : the Yankee-Pennamite Wars & Timothy Pickering / Kathleen A. Earle, PhD.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Earle, Kathleen A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829.
- Pickering, Timothy.
- Susquehanna Claim, 1753-1808.
- Yankee-Pennamite Wars, 1769-1807.
- Land tenure--Wars--Pennsylvania--Wyoming Valley.
- Land tenure.
- Iroquois Indians--Wars--Pennsylvania--Wyoming Valley.
- Iroquois Indians.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Pennsylvania--Wyoming Valley.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Wyoming Valley (Pa.)--History--18th century.
- Wyoming Valley (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--Boundaries--Connecticut.
- Pennsylvania.
- Connecticut--Boundaries--Pennsylvania.
- Connecticut.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (125 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "When Connecticut Yankees began to settle the Wyoming Valley in the 1760s, both the local Pennsylvanians and the powerful native Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) strenuously objected. The Connecticut Colony and William Penn has been granted the same landy by King Charles II of England, resulting in the instigation of the Yankee-Pennamite Wars. IN 1788, during ongoing conflict, a band of young Yankee ruffians abducted Pennsylvania offical Timothy Pickering, holding him hostage for nineteen days. Some kidnappers wer prosecuted, and several fled... Bloody skirmishes, The American Revolution and the Sullivan campaign to destroy the Iroquois all formed the backdrop to the territorial dispute."--Back cover.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Kidnapping
- 2. Background
- 3. Awls in Their Eye Sockets
- 4. Great Men
- 5. Wild Yankees
- 6. The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
- 7. Blood on the Land
- 8. Sullivan's Campaign
- 9. The Yankee-Pennamite Wars Continue
- 10. The Kidnappers
- 11. The Fate of the Kidnappers and of Colonel Pickering
- 12. Escape to the Lakes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-7477-9
- OCLC:
- 1306061836
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