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Trouble with the Indians in Kentucky...
Trouble with the Indians in Kentucky...
Item # 699741
January 20, 1785
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Jan. 20, 1785
* Indians - Native Americans
* Murder & scalping in Kentucky
Page 2 has a report, which although headed: "Jamaica" actually has reports from Danville, Kentucky, noting in part: "...the Indians, after having collected our prisoners...all of a sudden....came to a resolution not to deliver them up...the determination of the Indians was in consequence of a disagreement between the interpreters..." with more. The other report notes: "The depredations of the Indians are not yet at an end in this country...going from the Falls of Ohio to the salt work, about 6 miles from the works they were attacked by a party of about seven Indians...The dead bodies were found scalloped & stabbed in a barbarous manner...".
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, 9 by 12 inches, two small holes to the front leaf not affecting mentioned reports, good condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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