[Pharmboy]

I never had heard of this battle...[he sheepishly said]

[Pharmboy]

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I hadn't heard of this battle either.

Salt licks were very important for Daniel Boone and early Kentucky.

Theodore Roosevelt wrote about that in his The Winning of the West.

[Ditto]

Thanks for the ping.

I (sheepishly also) never heard of of this battle either. I did know that the war with the Brits and Indians continued on the frontier long after Yorktown. That is why Washington struggled mightily to keep the Army together until the final treaty was concluded.

[Sherman Logan]

Old maps inside the museum document how European settlers pressured Native Americans off their land.

"Contrary to popular belief, there were permanent Indian settlements in Kentucky prior to European contact," said Tierney. "By the time of European contact, these Indian villages were all but eliminated off the face of the Earth."

The two paragraphs pretty much contradict each other. My understanding is that by 1700, if not earlier, very few Indians lived in KY, as it was no mans land between the northern and southern Indians.

[rdl6989]

Thanks for the ping. I need to learn more about this battle.

[SunkenCiv]

So, where was the Battle of Red Licks fought? ;’)

[stainlessbanner]

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