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ntier Violence and Logan’s Famous Lament — Part One
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1753 Frontier Violence and Logan’s Famous Lament — Part One Robert G. Parkinson, author of Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier, examines the violent 18th-century American frontier through the rivalry between land-speculating families such as the Cresaps and Native leaders such as Logan, son of Shikellamy. Parkinson details the 1774 Yellow Creek massacre of Logan’s family, the origins of “Logan’s Lament,” and how colonial land speculation by figures including George Washington fueled border conflict among Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Native nations across the Ohio River Valley. (6)