Books with title Blood on the Ohio: Frontier Tales of Terror

Accounts of murders, torture, and massacres of colonists and Native Americans were reported in early historical journals. Heinous stories, that will bring a renewed understanding of the terrible costs of western expansion; a cost paid in full by the Natives and those that thought it just to take their lands. At the beginning of the year 1754, a few colonists' cabins began to appear on the western side of the Allegheny mountains. The British western expansion gave rise to the French and Indian War. The conflict was begun over French and British claims over the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers called the Forks of the Ohio. From 1775 to 1783, during the American Revolution, resources and manpower were unavailable to the beleaguered settlers. Another 10 years would pass before the Native Americans relinquished their lands. Native Americans and colonists were engaged in a war of extermination that included women and children. Numerous atrocities were being committed by both parties. Somber tales that few have heard, but reveal the heavy price in blood that both parties paid for those lands of the Ohio River.

Accounts of murders, torture, and massacres of colonists and Native Americans were reported in early historical journals. Heinous stories, that will bring a renewed understanding of the terrible costs of western expansion; a cost paid in full by the Natives and those that thought it just to take their lands. At the beginning of the year 1754, a few colonists' cabins began to appear on the western side of the Allegheny mountains, The British western expansion gave rise to the French and Indian War. The conflict was begun over French and British claims over the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers called the Forks of the Ohio. From 1775 - 1783, during the American Revolution, resources and manpower, was unavailable to the beleaguered settlers. Another ten years would pass before the Native Americans relinquished their lands.Native Americans and colonists were engaged in a war of extermination that included women and children. Numerous atrocities being committed by both parties. Somber tales that few have read, but reveal the heavy price in blood that both parties paid for those lands of the Ohio River.

75 Chilling Stories of the Ohio Frontier. Forgotten stories of bravery and heroism. Daniel Boone's Daughters Captured by Indians The Bravery of Elizabeth Zane The Mass Execution of the Residents of Greenbrier County, West Virginia The Bravery of George Baker Saves His Wife and Three Children From the Tomahawk. Mass Murder of the Peaceful Indian Village of Bulltown Wholesale Murder of Innocent Indians Results in Deadly Reprisals. The Revolution Disrupts the Fragile Peace With The Shawnee Resulting in Renewed Attacks on the Kentucky Frontier Hamilton the "Hair Buyer" Sends Out War Parties to the Kentucky Frontier Settlements The attack on Fort Henry in Present Day Wheeling, West Virginia. 1777 the"Bloody Year" Kentucky Under Siege General Clark's Diary of Hostilities in Kentucky Horror Ensues at the Cunningham Cabin The Grigby Farm Plundered. Wife and Small Child Tomahawked and Scalped The Slaying of Mr. Coon's Daughter 33 Men Hold Off 380 Indians at Fort Henry, West Virginia Relief of Fort Henry: The Terrible Carnage is Revealed. Captain Foreman's Relief Army for Wheeling is Annihilated Butchery on the Cheat River and the Escape of Mrs. Morgan Simon Kenton Taken Prisoner in Brown County, Ohio The Capture of the Little Johnson Brothers and Their Killing and Escape From Their Captors. The Kidnapping of the Anderson Brothers 70 Men Slaughtered Under Major Rodgers at Kentucky's Licking River Murders on Raccoon Creek, Pennsylvania The Murder of Thomas Campbell and Baby The Cold Blooded Murder of John Van Meters Wife, Infant, and Fifteen-Year-Old Daughter. The Second Siege of Fort Henry, West Virginia Fight to the Death with a Giant Home Invasion in Harrison County, W.V. Carnage on an Ohio River Keel Boat Mrs. Cunningham Watches Her Four Children Murdered and Scalped Before Being Taken Captive. The Capture and Harrowing Rescue of John Wetzel Tecumseh, Witnesses the Burning of a Captive The Horrific Story of the Murder and Torture of the Moore Family Carnage on Hacker's Creek West Virginia Four Children Murdered, Scalped and Bodies Placed to Form a Cross. Poor Woman Who is Tomahawked and Scalped Lives Long Enough to Give Birth to a Healthy Child Tragedy of the Killing of Amos Wood and his Son (Kentucky) The Glass Farm Tyranny The Purdy Family Butchered in Their Cabin Indian Retaliation the Moravian Massacre - The First Actor in the Tragedy, The Last Victim of Vengeance Tales from Harrison County, West Virginia Neil Washburn's First Scalp The Mystery Indian Girl Warning The Execution of the Crow Sisters Early Cincinnati Ohio, A Dangerous Place A Tomahawk For the Brave Teen Boys Murder Their Captors and the Mystery of the Bag of Gold Capture and Escape of Moses Hewitt Adventures of Neil Washburn Ambushed, with Death Cheated by Mother's Milk The Escape and Rescue of "Hannah the Witch."

New Heroes and Villains Revealed in America's Colonial History. 75 Chilling Short Stories of Bravery and Heroism. The Mass execution of the residents of Green County, West Virginia. The bravery of George Baker saves his wife and three children from the tomahawk.Mass murder at the peaceful Indian village of Bull Town. Wholesale murder of innocent Native Americans results in deadly reprisals.The Revolution disrupts the fragile peace with the Shawnee resulting in renewed attacks along the Kentucky frontier.Hamilton the "Hair Buyer" sends out war parties to the Kentucky settlements.Daniel Boone's daughters are captured by the Indians.The attack on Fort Henry at present-day Wheeling, West Virginia. 1777 "The bloody year."Kentucky under siege. Generals Clark's diary of hostilities in Kentucky. Horror ensues at the Cunningham cabin. A farm plundered with wife and small child tomahawked. The slaying of Mr. Coon's daughter. Men hold off 380 Native Americans at Fort Henry, West Virginia. Relief of Fort Henry; the terrible carnage revealed. Captain Foreman's force to relieve the fort at Wheeling, is annihilated. The butchery of the Cheat river and the escape of Mrs. Morgan. Simon Kenton was taken prisoner in present day Brown County, Ohio. The capture of the little Johnson brothers and their daring escape from their captors. The kidnapping of the Anderson brothers. 70 men slaughtered under the command of Major Rodgers at Kentucky's Licking river. Murders at Raccoon Creek in Pennsylvania. The Murder of Thomas Campbell and baby. The cold-blooded murder of John Van Meters wife, infant and fifteen-year-old daughter. The second siege of Fort Henry, West Virginia. The bravery of Elizabeth Zane. A fight to the death with a giant. Home invasion in Harrison County, West Virginia. Carnage on an Ohio river keel boat.Mrs.Cunningham watches her four children scalped and murdered before being taken, prisoner. The capture and harrowing rescue of a young pioneer. Tecumseh witnesses the burning of a captive. The horrific story of the murder and torture of the Moore family. Carnage on Hacker's Creek in West Virginia; four children murdered and bodies placed to form a cross. The poor woman who is tomahawked and scalped lives long enough to give birth to a healthy child. The tragedy of the murder of Thomas Wood and his son in Kentucky. The Glass farm tyranny. The of family butchered in their cabin. Native American retaliation for the Moravian massacre. The mystery Indian girl's warning. A tomahawk for the brave. Teen boys murder their captors and the mysterious bag of gold and more...