:Talk:William Crawford (soldier)

In 1782 the army Colonel William Crawford was captured in [what is now] Wyandot County, Ohio, wrongly accused of mass murder of Wyandots that were Christianized by Moravian settlers at Gnadenhutten, 90 miles to the east in [what is now] Tuscarawas County. Crawford was tortured and killed. But first, instead of surrendering his sword the customary way, Crawford stuck it in the ground half way and worked it back and forth until the blade snapped in two. Today a nearby village and a creek bear the name 'Brokensword'. It was later learned that the Wyandot victims were killed by another army officer, allegedly Captain Williamson. [Historical Collections of Ohio, Henry Howe].

Musicwriter 01:20, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

:Actually Crawford was captured in Crawford County, Ohio and wasn't totally innocent as he was involved in the killing of Capt. Pipe's ( a Munsi warchief and his executor) brother and the wounding of his mother in an ignoble mlitary venture called in Ohio and Pennsylvania, "The Squaw Campaign." Lapses in the timelines of traditional narratives such as appear in Howe's history lead modern researchers to speculate that Crawford was actually tried and found guilty of his involvement in the "Squaw Campaign," or because the murderer of the Delaware/Mahican/Munsi Indians (not Wyandot)at Gnadenhutten, Col. Williamson escaped during the Battle of the Sandusky plains, and thusly Crawford was executed in his place. Finally, when Parker Brown the historian sent pictures of "Crawford's Sword" to the Smithsonian Institute for identification in the 1990's they concluded that the sword was an American artillery sword from the Seminole War period. My investigation of the actual recovery site near a stagecoach road leads me to believe it was possibly lost or discarded by a passenger.

:Please refer to:

:*Crawford's Campaign against Sandusky and History of the Girty's by Wilshire Consul Butterfield

:*Indians in Pennsylvania, Paul Wallace

:*Various publications regarding Col. William Crawford and his defeat by Parker B. Brown in Pennsylvania historical publications.

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