THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Jan. 19, 1765  Page 5 includes news from Charleston that: "...an Indian belonging to one of the parties of Cherokees which went out against the enemy Indians last summer...was taken by the enemy Indians...On the night foxed for committing him to the flames, he happily made his escape & got back to the Cherokee nation...he was carried to a good French settlement where he remains during the whole time of his captivity...the French gave them strong talks, with guns, powder, flints, knives, and tomahawks, which they bid them use against the English..." and more.
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 11 inches, very nice condition.

Background: This exceptionally rare, complete eight-page issue of The London Chronicle from January 19, 1765 (measuring 8¼ by 11 inches in very nice condition) offers a remarkably candid, primary-source window into the covert, ongoing frontier conflicts of colonial America immediately following the French and Indian War. Most notable is a rare Charleston dispatch detailing a captured Cherokee warrior’s narrow escape from imminent execution by burning, which uncovered critical intelligence: despite the official 1763 Treaty of Paris, French settlements were actively arming Native tribes with guns, powder, flints, knives, and tomahawks alongside "strong talks" inciting them to wage proxy warfare against the English. Contemporary 18th-century newspaper printings of early Southern Indian affairs and frontier captivity narratives are scarce, but this issue is particularly historical as it documents the lingering geopolitical intrigue, inter-tribal warfare, and French resistance that directly fueled frontier violence during the Pontiac's War era, making it a highly desirable piece of pre-Revolutionary Americana.