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Start of Another War

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• What were his motives?

• Situations got worse Governor Dunmore decided it was time to eliminate the Indian

threat in the West

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• Lord Dunmore had a force of 2,500 soldiers.

He set out to in the late summer of 1774 to confront the Indians

• He divided his forces into two parts.• One sent up North and the other down

South.

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Lord Dunmore led the troops in the North

Colonel Andrew Lewis led the forces down

South

Lord Dunmore traveled through Braddock’s

Road towards WheelingColonel Lewis marched 160 miles in 19 days

Was near a location near Point Pleasant, where the Kanawha

River meets the Ohio

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The Battle of Point Pleasant.