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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Huron County, Ohio, trappers George Bishop and John Wood were murdered by suspected Ottawa Indians near the Carrying River. Their bodies were found mangled on Friday before April 27, 1819, prompting pursuit by other Indians for justice.
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Extract of a letter from A. Ruggles, Esq. dated Vermillion, Huron county, Ohio, April 27, 1819.
"We have this day received the melancholy information, that George Bishop, and John Wood are murdered by the Indians. They were trapping for muskrat, about 14 miles up the Carrying (or Portage) River. We have not yet heard the particulars respecting the cause of the Indians falling upon them. They were found in their camp, on Friday last, by some Indians, who gave immediate information to the white people. They were shockingly mangled. Bishop, it is said, had six gashes of a tomahawk, which cut quite through his skull, and a number of stabs in the body. It is suspected three Ottowas committed the murder, who reside near Fort Meigs. The Indians, it is said feel much alarmed, and appear to be greatly exasperated, and have gone in pursuit of the culprits, declaring they will not return till they have taken them, and will deliver them to the white people that justice may be executed upon them."
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Vermillion, Huron County, Ohio
Event Date
Friday Last (Before April 27, 1819)
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george bishop and john wood murdered; bishop had six tomahawk gashes through skull and multiple stabs; bodies shockingly mangled; indians pursuing suspects for delivery to white people for justice
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George Bishop and John Wood were trapping for muskrat about 14 miles up the Carrying (or Portage) River when murdered by Indians, suspected to be three Ottowas from near Fort Meigs. Bodies found in camp on Friday last by other Indians who informed white people. Cause unknown. Other Indians alarmed and pursuing culprits.