Kennedy Logan Significance
Throughout his childhood Logan (Tachnechdorus) attained advantageous values and social etiquette. He also formed alliances among white settlers, one particular ally was a Quaker identified as James Logan. Not only did James Logan provide Tachnechdorus with his moniker but also educated him, until he later befriended the future war leader . However, it was after one unprovoked fatal incident involving other colonists that Logan, who once considered the white people as his allies, quickly changed his opinion of them. Hostility soon erupted within this once diplomatic, unbiased and compassionate man. This incident contributed to the existing conflict between two distinct cultures becoming the major cause of Logan to get vengeance.
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Insistent that fellow Mingos and their allies, primarily the Shawnee Indians seek vengeance for the murders of his family members. However, Cornstalk, one of the prominent leaders of the Shawnee tribe, continued to use peace. Logan disregarded Cornstalks approach and began attacking the white communities along the frontier. He executed raids in western Pennsylvania, killing the thirteen settlers whose scalp’s he obtained in retaliation15. Subsequently, it is suggested that those raids by Logan culminated Lord Dunmore’s War. Although the English ultimately conquered the Native Americans, both sides assembled in Chillicothe to set up peace conditions. Logan declined to attend, but sent a speech known as “Logan’s Lament” which became one of the most recognized speeches in American history by a Native American16. In any case, it was sad to learn that he spent the rest of his life thwarting white settlers from inhabiting the Ohio region. Throughout the American Revolution, Logan continued his raids against white communities in Pennsylvania17.
As for Colonel Cresap, eventually he faced charges resulting in a trial for the killings of Logan’s family, though, the court found him innocent of the
What fateful …show more content…
Insistent that fellow Mingos and their allies, primarily the Shawnee Indians seek vengeance for the murders of his family members. However, Cornstalk, one of the prominent leaders of the Shawnee tribe, continued to use peace. Logan disregarded Cornstalks approach and began attacking the white communities along the frontier. He executed raids in western Pennsylvania, killing the thirteen settlers whose scalp’s he obtained in retaliation15. Subsequently, it is suggested that those raids by Logan culminated Lord Dunmore’s War. Although the English ultimately conquered the Native Americans, both sides assembled in Chillicothe to set up peace conditions. Logan declined to attend, but sent a speech known as “Logan’s Lament” which became one of the most recognized speeches in American history by a Native American16. In any case, it was sad to learn that he spent the rest of his life thwarting white settlers from inhabiting the Ohio region. Throughout the American Revolution, Logan continued his raids against white communities in Pennsylvania17.
As for Colonel Cresap, eventually he faced charges resulting in a trial for the killings of Logan’s family, though, the court found him innocent of the