another war
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Start of Another War
• What were his motives?
• Situations got worse Governor Dunmore decided it was time to eliminate the Indian
threat in the West
• 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.
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
The Battle of Point Pleasant.