Connoquenessing Township

Connoquenessing Township is a township in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,170 at the 2010 census.
Connoquenessing is known as the area in which George Washington was famously shot at by his French Indian guide. On 27 December 1753, just past Muthering Town, a Native American allied with the French joined Washington and Gist as a guide. The guide's behavior became wearisome to Washington and Gist. As the party was approaching a clearing the Indian stopped, turned on Washington and Gist and fired his musket. What could have been a fatal shot was taken no more than 15 steps away, missing both. They subdued the attacker and released him by 9 o’clock that evening. They then built a fire as if staying for first light, but Washington and Gist continued on throughout the night on the Venango trail . Almost certain the French Indian would follow their tracks at day break, they thought it best to get a head start.
A monument pillar stands at the Connoquenessing Municipal building dedicated to this incident.

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