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Colonel William Crawford Portrait

Description:

Reproduction of a portrait of Colonel William Crawford at age forty. Crawford served in the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War and the Revolutionary War. In 1782 he lead an attack on the Mingo and Delaware tribes along the Sandusky River. Crawford's troops fought off the Native Americans and their British allies at the Battle of the Olentangy on June 6, but on June 7 Crawford was captured. The Native Americans burned Crawford at the stake in revenge for the Gnadenhutten massacre.

Collection Title:

Colonel William Crawford

Collection Number:

SC 2296

Image Number:

AL02924

Ohio Social Studies Academic Content Standards

History 6-8

• Benchmark D: Describe the effects of interactions among civilizations during the 14th through the 18th centuries.
• Grade 8, GLI 2: Describe the political, religious and economic aspects of North American colonization including: a. Reasons for colonization, including religion, desire for land, and economic opportunity; c. Interactions between American Indians and European settlers, including the agricultural and cultural exchanges, alliances and conflicts.
• Benchmark E: Explain the causes and consequences of the American Revolution, with emphasis on both Colonial and British perspectives.
• Grade 8, GLI 4. Explain the results of important developments of the American Revolution including: d. Impacts on women, African-Americans and American Indians.

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