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Prehistory and Indians

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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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Which was the first mound in West Virginia where Indian remains recovered from a state and federally funded project were controversially reburied?
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Which one of the following prehistoric cultures traded with early European explorers?
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Many prehistoric trails later evolved into what?
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During prehistoric times, what was the most commonly eaten meat in present West Virginia?
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The Battle of Point Pleasant, pitting Virginia militia against Shawnees, was the only battle of what war?
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The May Moore burial mound is located in what county?
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All burial remains and artifacts excavated from the South Charleston Mound are now located where?
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Which one of the following has NOT been built on or into the South Charleston Mound?
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The capture of this person by Shawnees helped prompt Andrew Lewis's disastrous Sandy Creek Expedition.
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