Julie, you are exactly right on. Dunmore was also trying to scare the colonists trying to get them to feel a need for the British Military presence to protect them from the Indians. In 1976 we created the Virginia Militia and re-enacted the Battle of Pt. Pleasant for the 200 year Centennial celebration. I learned allot of history that year. Also found out that a William Casey was in that battle. My people are from Mason Co., VA/WV and Gallia Co., OH. I suspect this William to be a relative but can't document it. Wish I could find out. I have been doing genealogy research for the past 34 years and since the advent of the computer and the internet thus bringing more people together, I have found out more in the past 4 years than I found in 30 years of digging. Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: Julie C Hesson <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [WVMASON] Rev. War Clays > > (Governor Dunsmore's last fight against the Indians). > > That sentence is in error. Dunmore was not fighting *against* the > Indians. > > He used the Indians against the westward movement of the settlers. It > was his treachery, on behalf of the Crown, in getting the Indians to > fight against the settlers, which resulted in the Battle of Point > Pleasant. > > Livia Simpson Poffenbarger's historical account of the events preceding > the Battle, are quite clear, wherein she lays out Dunmore's role, in > undercutting Gen. Andrew Lewis's troops. > > Julie, endlessly sorting out dead relatives.... >