Fort Venango

General Robert Monckton held a conference with Native American leaders and obtained their permission to build and maintain forts in western Pennsylvania.

[6]: 30 [7]: 64–65 [8]: 418  According to one account, the commander, Lieutenant Francis Gordon, recognized Guyasuta, having negotiated with him several times before, and allowed him and a group of warriors to enter the fort.

[10]: 59 When General Jeffery Amherst learned what had happened to Lieutenant Gordon, he wrote to Colonel Henry Bouquet, "No Punishment We can Inflict is Adequate to the Crimes of those Inhumane Villains.

[1] The site of the fort served as a parade ground for troops during the American Revolutionary War, then the earth was repurposed during the construction of the town of Franklin, Pennsylvania.

[17] A stone roadside marker nearby reads: "Site of Fort Venango, erected by the English in 1760; taken and burned by Indians, 1763.

Forts and battles of Pontiac's War in 1763. Fort Venango is shown in relation to other forts in use during the war.
Captain Snow's map of western Pennsylvania, showing the site of Fort Venango, just above the center of the page.
1770 map of Pennsylvania showing Fort Venango ("Venango F.") in the center of the upper left quadrant, on French Creek.