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Prehistory and Indians

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In 1931, a mysterious sandstone rock with apparent prehistoric writing was found in this county. It is now commonly considered a fraud.
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What type of ornament of stone, shell, or metal did prehistoric people string on a leather cord and hang around their necks?
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What Shawnee leader tried to warn American militia about an impending attack at Fort Randolph in 1777 only to be murdered?
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Archeologists believe almost no Indian tribes were living in present West Virginia by this century.
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What destroyed the prehistoric stone walls on Mount Carbon in Fayette County?
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Most archeologists think prehistoric cultures created the Luther Elkins Site petroglyphs in this county, as opposed to a largely discredited theory they depict Christian writings by 6th-century Irish monks.
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Which one of the following was a major new development of the Late Prehistoric Period (A.D. 1200-1550)?
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After tribes no longer lived in present West Virginia, what was their principal reason for coming here?
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Which of the following was NOT a tribe that fought on the side of the French in Western Virginia for most of the French & Indian War?
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The capture of this person by Shawnees helped prompt Andrew Lewis's disastrous Sandy Creek Expedition.
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