“Pretend to be friendly. Eat with them. Laugh with them. When they are sated and trust you, attack them, kill all their men and kidnap their women and children!”

—  Cornstalk

Plan of attack at the Muddy Creek Massacre.

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Native American in the American Revolution 1720–1777

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