John Lederer, on behalf of the colonial governor of Virginia, Sir William Berkeley, made expeditions into the Appalachians in 1669 and 1670 reaching the mouth of the Kanawha River and reported no hostilities on the Kanawha Valley from the early "Cherokee People".
John Lederer made expeditions into the Appalachians in 1669 and 1670 ". This was on behalf of the colonial governor of Virginia. John Lederer was reaching the mouth of the Kanawha River". This was on behalf of the colonial governor of Virginia. John Lederer reported no hostilities on the Kanawha Valley from the early "Cherokee People". This was on behalf of the colonial governor of Virginia. Sir William Berkeley was Virginia.