Tag: Alexander McKee

Posted on March 29, 2022March 31, 2022

Under the Banner of War: Frontier Militia and Uncontrolled Violence

In 1777, the third year of the American War for Independence, little had gone in the favor of the Patriots especially in the borderlands. They controlled Fort Pitt and several other outposts, but they were far from the main fighting; the region was considered a backwater theater. British governor of Detroit Henry Hamilton issued a […]

by Timothy C. Hemmis

Posted on December 18, 2018January 23, 2020

The Treaty of Fort Pitt, 1778: The First U.S.–American Indian Treaty

In June 1777, Henry Hamilton, the British lieutenant governor for Quebec and Superintendent for Indian Affairs at Detroit, held a council at Detroit with all who would attend. His goal was simple: mobilize the western Indian nations to attack Americans all along the Ohio frontier, just as the Six Nations were doing along the northern […]

by Eric Sterner