The Beaver Wars (Mohawk: Tsianì kayonkwere), also known as the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars (French: Guerres franco-iroquoises), were...
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former homeland in western Pennsylvania, ( and therefore it is uncertain if there were also a significant number of beaver inhabiting this creek, which...
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Logstown (redirect from Logstown, Pennsylvania)
low-lying land less than a mile north of present-day Ambridge in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The population grew as groups of Lenape, Cayugas, Senecas, and...
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were found in the pits or in the topsoil. The main species present were beaver, deer, dog and fishbones. These remains were not modified into tools like...
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such as the Grand fleuve de Hochelaga and the Grande rivière du Canada, where fleuve and rivière are two French words (fleuve being a river that flows...
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hare, the groundhog, the skunk, the raccoon, the chipmunk and the Canadian beaver. Quebec is founded on the Westminster system, and is both a liberal democracy...
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Benjamin Franklin (category Abolitionists from Pennsylvania)
printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies, publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette at age 23. He became wealthy publishing this and Poor Richard's...
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Railway Bridge, crossing the Rivière des Prairies between Montreal and Laval Laurier Railway Bridge, crossing the Rivière des Prairies in Montreal Pierre...
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Battle of Khe Sanh 24 April—11 May Americans capture Hill 861 Operation Beaver Cage 28 April—12 May American victory Operations Malheur I and Malheur II...
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tower with balcony and lantern. Beaver Harbour was first settled in 1783 by Quaker loyalists who had fled Pennsylvania as a result of the American Revolution...
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Iroquois (section Beaver Wars)
Once the Haudenosaunee exhausted their supplies of beaver by about 1640, they were forced to buy beaver pelts from Indians living further north, which led...
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Pennsylvania: named for the [[Beaver River (Pennsylvania)}Beaver River]]./ Benzie County, Michigan is an Americanization of the French name, Riviere Aux-Bec-Scies...
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Kuskusky (category Geography of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania)
meaning "at the falls, by the falls or rapids," referring to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.: 342–43 There was very likely a settlement of some kind in the...
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French Creek (Allegheny River tributary) (category Rivers of Pennsylvania)
portage from the stream's headwaters to Lake Erie. They called the stream Rivière aux boeufs (Cattle River) because the bison in the vicinity reminded them...
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Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. They prospered through the collection of beaver pelts from Indigenous traders passing through their territory. They also...
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Richmond, Virginia. 2 September 1936. p. 4. "N \ @ a Q O N | a Q T N". "Beaver Dam Memorial". CBC Montreal. Retrieved 18 June 2018. "6 Die in Lake Pontchartrain...
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Stadium 4,500 Trois-Rivières Aigles East Trois-Rivières Quebec Stade Quillorama 4,000 Washington Wild Things West Washington Pennsylvania Wild Things Park...
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Allegheny Mountains (category Mountain ranges of Pennsylvania)
orientation, running for about 300 miles (480 km) from north-central Pennsylvania southward, through western Maryland and eastern West Virginia. The Alleghenies...
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1784. The theory assumes that because there were beaver here, the creek was probably called Beaver Creek rather than Buffalo Creek. Another theory holds...
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Initially they traded for beaver coats and furs. However, as the market grew, coureurs de bois were trapping and trading prime beavers whose skins were to be...
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The Lachine massacre, part of the Beaver Wars, occurred when 1,500 Mohawk warriors launched a surprise attack against the small (375 inhabitants) settlement...
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Retrieved 5 March 2019. La Rivière, Stephen (2009). Filmed in Supermarionation: A History of the Future. Neshannock, Pennsylvania: Hermes Press. ISBN 978-1-932563-23-8...
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Lawrence region was full of valuable fur-bearing animals, especially the beaver, which were becoming rare in Europe. Eventually, the French crown decided...
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Anou Boussouil Anou Ifflis Anou Timedouine Gueldaman caves Ghar Boumâaza (Rivière De La Tafna) Grotte de Cervantes Kef Al Kaous Gcwihaba Rhino Cave Gouffre...
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strings of fur trading posts and forts across North America. Fort Assiniboine Beaver Lake Cree Nation Buckingham House Fort Chipewyan Fort Dunvegan Fort Edmonton...
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Bonner Springs Providence Medical Center Amphitheater 18,000 Kentucky Beaver Dam Beaver Dam Amphitheater 4,000 Louisville Iroquois Amphitheatre Not covered...
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pushed them and the Erie people away from the lake and its beaver-rich feeder streams in the Beaver Wars of 1649–1655. By the 1670s, the war-weakened Iroquois...
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p. 83 Holpuch, Amanda (12 February 2022). "After Nearly 58 Years, Pennsylvania Police Solve Killing of 9-Year-Old Girl". The New York Times. Archived...
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for Huron, Ohio, which comes from the Huron people. Iroquois - During the Beaver Wars the Iroquois Confederation campaigned in Indiana and Illinois. In 1680...
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Lowlands. Characteristic wildlife includes the black bear, grey wolf, coyote, beaver, snowshoe hare, white-tailed deer, lynx, moose, and otter. Birds include...
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