History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of West Virginia

This work is organized as follows: 


Part I. General Introductory History (1492-1687) 

Chapter I. America Anterior to Columbus 

Chapter II. Early English Discoveries 

Chapter III. Early French Discoveries 


Part II. Early Settlement of Western Virginia (1700-1754) 

Chapter I. Indian Towns on the Ohio 

Chapter II. First Settlement of the Valley 

Chapter III. First Settlers West of the Alleghanies 

Chapter IV. Land Operators in the West 

Chapter V. French and English Claims to the Ohio 

Chapter VI. England Prepares to Assert Her Claim 

Chapter VII. Virginia Assuming the Quarrel 


Part III. Early Settlement of North-Western Virginia 

Chapter I. First Settlement on the Monongahela 

Chapter II. First Settlements at and Near Wheeling 

Chapter III. Manners and Customs 


Part IV. French and Indian War (1754-1763) 

Chapter I. Expedition of Braddock 

Chapter II. New Ministry and New Expeditions 

Chapter III. British Influence the West 


Part V. Civil and Military Expeditions in the West (1764-1774) 

Chapter I. Peace Movements 

Chapter II. Titles to Western Lands 

Chapter III. The War of 1774—Its Commencement 

Chapter IV. Wappatomica Campaign 

Chapter V. Dunmore’s Campaign 

Chapter VI. Indians Employed as Allies 

Chapter VII. Murder of Cornstalk 

Chapter VIII. Renewal of Indian Hostilities 

Chapter IX. Colonel Brodhead’s Campaign 

Chapter X. Williamson’s Campaign 

Chapter XI. Crawford’s Campaign 

Chapter XI. Clark’s Operations in the West 

Chapter XII. Closing Military Operations in the West 


Part VI. Indian Wars (1775-1795) 

Chapter I. Depredations East of the Mountains 

Chapter II. 1788. Miraculous Escape 


Part VII. Sketches of Biography, and Personal Adventure 

Chapter I. Colonel Ebenezer Zane 

Chapter II. Major Samuel M’Colloch 

Chapter III. Colonel William Crawford