: My dear Art;

: I'd forgotten that our Canadian ancestors' paths had crossed.
: Duperon Baby's brother, Frances, cheated my ancestor, William
: Lee, out of his land that he'd been given by his former
: commanding officer, Henry Bird. You never know, maybe we're
: cousins afterall.

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Ah so Lisa,

The plot thickens:)

The Licking River was an important avenue for the early exploration of Kentucky. Along with an overland route through the county, English Capt. Henry Bird took the river in leading six hundred Indians and Canadians in the June 1780 attack on Ruddell's and Martin's stations in central Kentucky.

Your Capt. Henry Bird led the expedition into Martin's Station where my folks were captured.

Art