Saturday, 8 September 2012

Kitanning Expedition 1756

This surprise attack on a Lenape village took place today. Wiki here
Image from here - where it says
 Credit: Courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia

This late eighteenth-century image of a Delaware chief addressing his people shows how much contact with Europeans changed the Indians" dress
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