Thursday, September 12, 1782: On this day, two hundred and forty-four years ago today, “Some 250 Indians and 40 British soldiers watched in surprise as the gate of a fort they had surrounded creaked open and a teenage girl darted out. Some of the Indians laughed and called ‘Squaw!’ while the girl ran quickly but cooly across a field toward a cabin sixty…
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