Leading into the battle of point pleasant with notes and discussion

1. Start of Another War

2. • What were his motives?
• Situations got worse Governor Dunmore decided
it was time to eliminate the Indian threat in the
West

3. • Lord Dunmore had a force of 2,500 soldiers.
He set out to in the late summer of 1774 to
confront the Indians
• He divided his forces into two parts.
• One sent up North and the other down South.

4. Lord Dunmore led the
troops in the North
Colonel Andrew Lewis led
the forces down South
Lord Dunmore traveled
through Braddock’s Road
towards Wheeling
Colonel Lewis marched
160 miles in 19 days
Was near a location near
Point Pleasant, where the
Kanawha River meets the
Ohio

5. The Battle of Point
Pleasant.

6. Response Question.
Who led the attack on colonel Andrew Lewis’s
army? Tell me the disadvantage and advantage
that Andrews army had? Describe the battle and its
winner.

7. A Few Facts to Know
• Largest battle in North America between settlers
and Indians.
• Shawnee, Delaware, Mingo, Wyandotte, and
Cayuga.
• Tu-Endie-Wei “The point between two waters”

8. Aftermath of Point
Pleasant

9. • Chief Cornstalk seeks peace.
• Andrew Lewis orders the construction of Fort
Randolph.
• Treaty of Camp Charlotte- signed by Lord
Dunmore and the Shawnee, Delaware, and Mingo
Indians.

10. Treaty of Camp
Charlotte
• temporary
• Indians returned prisoners and stolen goods
• **They gave up rights to hunt South of Ohio River
• Treaty of Pittsburgh made Charlotte permeant.
(also indians remained neutral)

11. -How do you think the
colonists felt about the
treaty?
-What is patriotism?

12. • Fort Gower Address in the West
First Continental Congress in the
East- discuss issues with British
government.

13. Huge advantage of the Battle of
Point Pleasant- Responsible for
peace agreements between Indians
and colonists.