Great Indian Warpath: Difference between revisions

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The '''Great Indian Warpath''' (purple on the map), or Seneca Trail, was actually a network of&nbsp;ancient Indian pathways with many branches. Some parts of the trail also shifted west over time to adjust to pressure from British colonies.<ref>"Great Indian Warpath" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Warpath (accessed 17 December 2010).</ref> The path goes from Mobile, Alabama to Chattanooga, Tennessee to Knoxville, Tennessee to Bristol, Virginia to Roanoke, Virginia along the Appalachian Valley.<ref name="ETHS1st">East Tennessee Historical Society, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44435788 First families of Tennessee: a register of early settlers and their present-day descendants]'' (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, c2000) [{{FHL|976.8 H2ff}}], 23-24.</ref> The trail also continued north to West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and the Great Lakes under the name of the Seneca Trail. Parts of the Great Indian Warpath were used as parts of other trails such as the [[Great Valley Road]], [[Kanawha Trail]], [[Wilderness Road]], [[Catawba Trail]], [[Unicoi Trail]], and [[Georgia Road]].<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 849, 855. [{{FHL|973 D27e 2002}}]. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62744825 WorldCat entry.]</ref>  

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