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"HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA" BY WILLS DE HASS 
One of Lewis Wetzel's famous tactics when fighting Indians was to run from them after shooting but to reload while they pursued him, then turn and shoot again. Below is a drawing of Fort Henry, site of the final frontier battle of the Revolutionary War. It grew into Wheeling, W.Va.

"HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA" BY WILLS DE HASS One of Lewis Wetzel's famous tactics when fighting Indians was to run from them after shooting but to reload while they pursued him, then turn and shoot again. Below is a drawing of Fort Henry, site of the final frontier battle of the Revolutionary War. It grew into Wheeling, W.Va.

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