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This last colonial governor of Virginia ordered the attack that became the Battle of Point Pleasant.
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In 1777, this settler led an ambush in present-day Marshall County that murdered 21 Indians.
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This fort was built in present Summers County in 1774.
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The Eckerlin brothers were among the first White settlers of this county?
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Which of the following was NOT a treaty in which Indians gave away their claims to land in present West Virginia?
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From which direction did most Indian attacks occur during the frontier period?
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During the French & Indian War, what settler was famously captured by Shawnee and, after living with them, courageously escaped on foot along the Kanawha and New rivers?
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When Europeans first arrived, which Indian confederacy laid claim to most of what is now West Virginia?
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Pontiac started his rebellion against European-American settlements as a result of what event?
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More indirect descendants of George Washington are buried in this county than any other in the nation?
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