Kittanning (village) Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Kittanning was the name of a large fortified
Native American village in the
Ohio Country of western
Pennsylvania in the
18th century. It was located at present-day
Kittanning, Pennsylvania on the
Allegheny River. The village was inhabited by
Lenape (Delaware) and
Shawnee and was most likely the largest such village on the western side of the Alleghenies at the time. The village was at the western terminus of the
Kittanning Path, a Native American trail that provided a route across the Alleghenies between the
Ohio and
Susquehanna river basins.
In the
1750s, during the
French and Indian War, the village was used a staging point for raids by the Lenape and Shawnee against British settlers in the
Juniata River valley in central Pennsylvania. After the sacking by Native Americans of Fort Granville near present-day
Lewistown, colonial governor
John Penn ordered the militia to attack and burn the village. The British raid was led by Lt. Colonel
John Armstrong, who led a six-hour battle, destroying the village in early September 1756.
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