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The Eastern Frontier, by Robert Griffing.
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The British had promised to withdraw from the Ohio Country after they defeated the French, but instead constructed Fort Pitt and turned the land around it into settlements. This painting by Robert Griffing depicts the Indians looking down upon the fort and the beginnings of the city of Pittsburgh, and realizing the British are not leaving, but instead are taking over.

Credit: Painting by Robert Griffing; used by permission of Paramount Press, Inc.

Rather than withdraw from the Ohio Country after they had defeated the French–as they had promised–the British instead constructed Fort Pitt and turned the land around it into settlements. In this painting Robert Griffing depicts Indians looking down upon Fort Pitt and the beginnings of what would become the city of Pittsburgh, and their realization that the British intended to stay and take control of the region.

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