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From about 1764 to 1767, brothers John and Samuel Pringle lived in the hollowed cavity of what type of tree?
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The Seneca Trail generally follows the route of which present West Virginia road?
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How were many soldiers paid for their service in the French & Indian War?
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This Ohio River county was named for the governor of Virginia who owned most of the land there.
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The Eckerlin brothers were among the first White settlers of this county?
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Who accompanied George Washington on his disastrous mission to warn the French at the beginning of the French & Indian War and later served as a guide for Gen. Braddock in his disastrous campaign early in the war?
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Which one of the following did NOT routinely kill Indians out of retaliation for the deaths of family members?
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This Harrison County congressman was President James Madison's brother-in-law and one of the first government officials to press for greater rights for Western Virginia.
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James Madison, the "father of the constitution" and future fourth president, married his wife, Dolley Payne, in the Jefferson County home of this person.
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The murder of this person's family sent him on a violent spree in which he killed Tegunteh, who was peacefully negotiating the 1789 Treaty of Fort Harmar. Afterward, he became a fugitive from the law.
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