KITTANNING, BURNING OF
\kˈɪtanɪŋ], \kˈɪtanɪŋ], \k_ˈɪ_t_a_n_ɪ_ŋ]\
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September, 1756. During the French and Indian War, an attack was made in early September, 1756, by Colonel Armstrong upon Kittanning, a nest of Delaware Indians. The place was completely surprised, the houses burned, the chief killed, and much ammunition furnished by the French destroyed. The English loss was about twenty.
By John Franklin Jameson
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