Author : Kathleen A. Earle, PhD
Release : 2022-04
Genre : History
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Early History of the Wyoming Valley, An: The Yankee-Pennamite Wars and Timothy Pickering - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Early History of the Wyoming Valley, An: The Yankee-Pennamite Wars and Timothy Pickering write by Kathleen A. Earle, PhD. This book was released on 2022-04. Early History of the Wyoming Valley, An: The Yankee-Pennamite Wars and Timothy Pickering available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When Connecticut Yankees began to settle the Wyoming Valley in the 1760s, both the local Pennsylvanians and the powerful native Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) strenuously objected. The Connecticut Colony and William Penn had been granted the same land by King Charles II of England, resulting in the instigation of the Yankee-Pennamite Wars. In 1788, during ongoing conflict, a band of young Yankee ruffians abducted Pennsylvania official Timothy Pickering, holding him hostage for nineteen days. Some kidnappers were prosecuted, and several fled to New York's Finger Lakes as the political incident motivated state leaders to resolve the fighting. Bloody skirmishes, the American Revolution and the Sullivan campaign to destroy the Iroquois all formed the backdrop to the territorial dispute. Author Kathleen A. Earle covers the early history of colonial life, war and frontier justice in the Wyoming Valley.