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106 1755 "The Cherokees were in alliance to the French, and hostile to the English." Morris' Tenessee Gazetteer.

Fort du Quesne lost July 9, 1755. (See Int. to Marshalls' Washington, page 391. vol 1. - Webste's US. p 188.

   "Shortly after the fall of Fort du Quesne, where Pittsburgh now stands, the Cherokees evinced a hostile spirit.  The remembrance of a former war, and instigated by the French of the south, caused the nation to be strongly biased in their favor."  Tenn: Gaz

   "In 1755, hostilities commenced " (the war was not declared till May, 1756)  "between Great Britain & France & America became the theatre of important operations."  Websters U.S. 188. - Braddock's defeat described in follows paragraph.