The Indians first mounted a large attack against white men in the Johnstown, Pa., area was during the Battle of the Monongahela in 1755. This was at the beginning of the French and Indian War. The French soldiers and Native American warriors joined to fight and defeat British General Edward Braddock. Braddock was mortally wounded during the battle and died near present-day Uniontown. Years later, Native Americans started warring on their own against White settlers and the British. “The Native Americans were upset over British laws being enforced by General Jeffrey Amherst,” said Scott Perry, museum facilitator at the Bushey Run Battlefield. One problem was that Amherst cut off the Native American supply of gunpowder, which they had grown dependent on for their hunting. This was named Pontiac’s War after one of the leading Native American generals. The Native American raids were Read more…