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The Kittanning Expedition, also known as the Armstrong Expedition or the Battle of Kittanning, was a raid during the French and Indian War that led to the destruction of the American Indian village of Kittanning, which had served as a staging point for attacks by Lenape warriors against colonists in the British Province of Pennsylvania.
Kittanning (Lenape Kithanink; pronounced [kitˈhaːniŋ]) was an 18th-century Native American village in the Ohio Country, located on the Allegheny River at present-day Kittanning, Pennsylvania. The village was at the western terminus of the Kittanning Path , an Indian trail that provided a route across the Alleghenies between the Ohio and ...
Kittanning (/ k ɪ ˈ t æ n ɪ ŋ / ki-TAN-ing) is a borough in and the county seat of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. [3] It is situated 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Pittsburgh , along the east bank of the Allegheny River .
The warriors were taking their captives back to their base at Kittanning when they were ambushed by the militia, but with the help of reinforcements, the Lenape fought off the militia and escaped. [3]: 542–545 The battle is significant because it was the first engagement involving Pennsylvania Militia after Braddock's defeat. [4]
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The Kittanning Gap gives this 'choice way' of climbing the escarpment to wagons or mule trains on the way to the west side of the Allegheny Mountains and Kittanning, PA along the Kittanning Path. Taking a right through the gap to climb above the escarpment by a circuitous route following a traverse across contours climbing the sides of slopes ...