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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 Coal, coal seams in the Kittanning cyclothem of the Pennsylvanian Epoch; Kittanning Expedition, a raid during the French and Indian War that led to the destruction of the American Indian village of Kittanning; Kittanning Gap, a gap at the summit of Allegheny Ridge in Central Pennsylvania, United States
Tewea, better known by his English name Captain Jacobs, (d.September 8, 1756) was a Lenape chief during the French and Indian War. [1]: 174 Jacobs received his English name from a Pennsylvanian settler named Arthur Buchanan, who thought the chief resembled a "burly German in Cumberland County."
The Kittanning Public Library was established in 1923 as the Kittanning Free Library. [12] As of 2020, the library had 4,189 registered users and circulated 10,930 items in that fiscal year. [ 13 ] The library is one of six independent libraries in Armstrong County, [ 14 ] and is supported by the New Castle Library District.
Great Shamokin Path Pennsylvania Historical Marker on Pennsylvania Route 150 west of Lock Haven. The Great Shamokin Path (also known as the "Shamokin Path") was a major Native American trail in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania that ran from the native village of Shamokin (modern-day Sunbury) along the left bank of the West Branch Susquehanna River north and then west to the Great Island (near ...
The French and Indian raid led to retaliation in the form of the Kittanning Expedition, led by Lieutenant Armstrong's brother, Colonel John Armstrong. [1] Thomas Girty, stepson of Sergeant John Turner, was rescued during the raid and provided additional details about the fort's capture.
Armstrong was born on October 13, 1717, in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland, parents not determined, who married in 1704. [1] He was one of approximately 15 children born to his parents that included: Margaret Armstrong (1737–1817), who married Rev. George Duffield (1732–1790), [2] and Rebecca Armstrong (1738–1828), who married James Turner (1737–1803).