[justshutupandtakeit]

There were two expeditions sent out against the Indians both of which were defeated and the St.Clair led one was slaughtered in the most devastating loss to Indian tribes yet. Washington did NOT create a federal army he called up the militia of Virginia, Maryland, NJ and eastern Pennsylvania to deal with the problem. The federal army at the time was tiny.

Residents of Appalachia don't just distrust the fedgov they distrust all outsiders and all governments. Criminals, by nature, hate all authority. And that is what bootleggers were romantic as you might like to consider them.

[Publius]

There were two expeditions sent out against the Indians both of which were defeated and the St.Clair led one was slaughtered in the most devastating loss to Indian tribes yet.

And that was what I meant by Lord Dorchester (Sir Guy Carleton) and his attempts to destroy this country. Carleton up in Montreal played a key role in fomenting the Indian wars in question.

Arthur St. Clair had one shining moment. Just after the battle of Trenton, St. Clair suggested to Washington using a new road to bypass Cornwallis' troops and move on them from the rear at Princeton. It worked. But his behavior at Ticonderoga proved him an ass as a field general, and the Indian battles sealed his fate with military historians.