Life was cheap on the American frontier during the French and Indian War.
In mid-summer of 1755—the exact date is uncertain—a band of about 16 Shawnee attacked the settlement of Draper’s Meadows, located near today’s Blacksburg, Virginia. They killed at least four people of the settlement, including Col. James Patton, a giant of a man who died sword in hand after slaying two of the attackers.
