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To: hanamizu

The county is named for Colonel William Christian, a native of Augusta County, Virginia, and a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He settled near Louisville, Kentucky in 1785, and was killed by Native Americans in southern Indiana in 1786.


113 posted on 04/04/2020 4:30:44 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: nascarnation

“...was killed by Native Americans in southern Indiana in 1786.”


I’ll bet he didn’t refer to them as “Native Americans”.


114 posted on 04/04/2020 4:33:33 PM PDT by hanamizu
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