This geological area was formed by sand and gravel deposited by melting water from the last glacier to retreat from the region during the Ice Age.
During the time of inhabitation by the Shawnee, the Pickaway Plains were covered by prairie vegetation, mainly grasses.
Lord Dunmore was attempting both to subdue the Shawnee and Mingo, and to prevent Pennsylvania from laying claim upon present-day Ohio.
After several hours of intense fighting, Lewis's detachment drove Cornstalk and his men northward, across the Ohio River.
Cornstalk agreed after he received word that Lewis's detachment had destroyed several villages along the Ohio River.