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Lord Dunmore’s War Michael Cresap led a surprise raid against a Shawnee camp at Captina Creek, leading to many of the problems that followed. Daniel Greathouse killed a number of Indians, including members of Chief Logan’s family. Lord Dunmore developed a plan to destroy the power of the Indians in the West. The Battle of Point Pleasant was the largest battle fought in North America between settlers and Indians. The Treaty of Camp Charlotte ended Lord Dunmore’s War. In the Fort Gower Address, the colonial soldiers pledged allegiance to the British king, but they also declared that they would fight to protect their homeland instead of for the British crown The Battle of Point Pleasant was responsible for the peace between the colonists and the Indians for the first two years of the American Revolution. Western Virginia and the American Revolution George Washington was appointed to lead the new American army in the fight for independence from Great Britain. Some settlers were Loyalists who wanted to remain British. Fort Henry was attacked twice during the American Revolution. Samuel McCulloch, who came to help the defenders of the besieged Fort Henry, made his famous leap as he was being pursued by Indians. Cornstalk, who came to Point Pleasant to warn the settlers of a possible Indian attack, was taken prisoner and later killed. Phillip Hammond and Dick Pointer were heroes at Fort Donnally. The fighting at Fort Donnally marked the last time a large raiding party of Indians entered the upper Kanawha and Greenbrier valleys Elizabeth Zane became a heroine during the second attack on Fort Henry. The second attack on Fort Henry actually occurred after the British surrender at Yorktown, which ended the American Revolution. The Treaty of Paris of 1783 required the British to abandon their forts in the West while requiring the colonies (now states) to repay money they owed to Great Britain.