Bleeding, Bled

Bleeding (also known as bloodletting or venesection) was a common medical treatment during the 18th century. It was used to treat various diseases, infections, and even hemorrhaging. There were several theories recommending its use—but it was most commonly believed that removing blood that had been overheated or corrupted by disease would stimulate recovery.

Forks Of The Ohio River

This refers to the confluence of the Ohio, Monongahela, and Allegheny Rivers at present day Pittsburgh.

The Iroquois

The Iroquois weren't a single Native American tribe, but rather, an alliance of Native American nations centered in western New York. Formed in the early-17th century, this alliance, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, Iroquois League, or the Five Nations, originally consisted of the Mohawks, Senecas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Oneidas. In 1722, the Tuscaroras joined the Iroquois Confederacy.

By 1750, the Iroquois were the dominant Native American power in British North America. Using weapons obtained through trade with the Dutch and then the English in New York, they reduced dozens of smaller Native American tribes throughout the Great Lakes Basin and Ohio Valley to client nations.

Mourning Wars

These wars were waged by Native Americans in order to rebuild their populations decimated by disease, famine, and war. The women and children of the defeated enemy tribes were adopted by the raiding tribe, often by a family that had lost a member to disease or war.

Ohio Indians

This label has been applied to the Native Americans, primarily Delawares, Shawnees, and Mingos, who repopulated the Ohio Valley in the early-18th century. During the previous century, the Iroquois, in their efforts to expand their power, had driven out most of the valley's Native American inhabitants. In moving into the abandoned Ohio Valley, the Delaware, Shawnee, and Mingo hoped to maintain their independence from Iroquois control.

Provincials

This label was applied to the militia raised by the colonial governments in British North America. Different than the local militia raised by individual towns during the colonial period to provide defense against Native Americans, the provincial militia were organized by the colonial or provincial government. Provincials served for fixed terms of service (generally eight months), and were compensated for their service.

Regulars

This term refers to the soldiers of the British Army. It's used to distinguish these professional or trained soldiers from the amateur or comparatively untrained members of the colonial or provincial militia.

Walking Purchase

This deal between the Iroquois and the government of Pennsylvania was first negotiated in 1737 and then confirmed by treaty in 1742. In it, the Iroquois deeded more than 750,000 acres of land, claimed and occupied by the Delaware Indians, to the British colony. The Delaware were a client-tribe of the Iroquois and too weak, in 1737, to challenge the purchase. 

But in 1758, during the French and Indian War, the Delaware secured a pledge from the British in the Treaty of Easton to re-negotiate the Walking Purchase. The British made this concession as they were anxious to win the support of the Delawares in their war against the French for control of the Ohio Valley.