June 8, 1775. Lord Dunmore leaves the Palace in Williamsburg, Va and takes refuge aboard the British ship Fowey in the York River. (He's feeling reprisals following the Gun Powder Theft from the Williamsburg Armory in April)
June 8, 1775. The three remaining Shawnee chiefs are left to consider their position. After Dunmore' s retreat and fearing reprisals by the Virginians, one Shawnee chief, Chenusaw, flees Williamsburg en route to Ohio Shawnee towns. There, he spreads rumors of Virginia' s intent to invade the Ohio and enslave Shawnee; he urges a unified attack against the frontier settlements.