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Capt. William Foreman's party was ambushed by Indians
The latter half of 1777 was a time of bloody conflict between settlers and Indians in the Ohio Valley. On August 31, about 350 Indian warriors aligned themselves with the British in attacking Fort Henry, near Wheeling, during the Revolutionary War...
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