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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letter from Fort Herkimer reports false alarms of enemy approach, discovery of enemy tracks, a prisoner taken from German Flats, and sutler Thomas Smith killing two allied Indians, causing a Five Nations scouting party to abandon plans and go to Sir William Johnson.
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Since I have been here, we have had several false Alarms, and continual Advices from the Indians of the Enemy's Approach this Way, but all have as yet proved false. Yesterday we discovered Tracks of the Enemy, and to Day are informed of a Party of the Enemy having taken a Prisoner from the German Flats--A sad Accident happened here last Night; One Thomas Smith, a Sutler, has kill'd two of our Indians: I am afraid it will be of bad Consequence to us, at this critical Juncture; it has already prevented a scouting Party of the Five Nations from going out, as they intended this Morning, instead of which they have left us and gone to Sir William Johnson.
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Fort Herkimer
Event Date
July 6
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two indians killed by thomas smith; scouting party of the five nations prevented from going out and instead left for sir william johnson.
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Several false alarms and reports of enemy approach; tracks of the enemy discovered yesterday; party of the enemy took a prisoner from the German Flats; Thomas Smith, a sutler, killed two Indians last night, feared to have bad consequences and already caused Five Nations scouting party to leave.