Complex sentence: This opening was finally found when British American explorers led by Abraham Wood reached the present-day location of Blacksburg, Virginia in 1671, the American Indians who lived in the area had fought eachother to extinction leaving the area a contested no man's land.
Split into simpler sentences: This opening was finally found when British American explorers led by Abraham Wood reached the present-day location of Blacksburg, Virginia in 1671. The American Indians who lived in the area had fought each other to extinction leaving the area a contested no man's land.