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American Offensive Intentions Behind the Fort
- When
- 1778
- Where
- Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania
- Part of
- Treaty of Fort Pitt
American leaders intended to use the promised fort for offensive campaigns, and wrote into the treaty that the Lenape would attack their native neighbors.
While the treaty's fort provision was framed as protection for Lenape noncombatants, the American leaders intended to use the fort for offensive campaigns. They wrote into the treaty that the Lenape would attack their native neighbors.
Sources
- Treaty of Fort Pitt Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-23
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