When I came there I found all my family gone, for the Indians had killed five people in the winter near that place, which frightened my wife and family away to Roanoke about 35 miles nearer in among the inhabitants, which I was informed of by an old man I met near the place.
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The People in this Town began to inquire my Business, and because I did not readily inform them, they began to suspect me, and said, that I was come to settle the Indian's Land and they knew I should never go Home again Safe.
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| Birth: | 1706 |
| Death: | 1759 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Explorer, Surveyor |
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Christopher Gist was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was an American explorer, surveyor and frontiersman. He was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country. He is credited with providing the first detailed description of the Ohio Country to Great Britain and her colonists.
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