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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Georgia Militia detachment under Capt. Wright attacked and burned two Chehaw Indian towns on Flint River last Thursday, killing about 50 Indians with one wounded soldier. Praise for M'Intosh and his warriors' zeal in the campaign against hostile Indians, including M'Intosh personally killing three in a recent battle.
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We have just received information that the two Chehaw Indian Towns on Flint river, were attacked last Thursday by a detachment of Georgia Militia, commanded by Capt. Wright. The towns were burnt and a number of Indians killed, our informant says 50—the detachment did not lose a man, and had but one wounded.
The zeal, activity and courage displayed by M'Intosh and his Warriors in the present campaign, entitle them to every praise. They have undergone great fatigue and privations, and hunted out the enemy from swamps and fastnesses, where he sought refuge and expected safety, when vanquished. We have long been of opinion, that the most economical and expeditious mode of completing this war, would be to keep M'Intosh's command well supplied and in constant pursuit of the enemy, whom they would cut up in detail—the hostile Indians can find no shelter where the friendly Warriors will not follow them. M'Intosh, in the late battle, killed with his own hand three of the enemy—this fact is communicated by Mr. Wm. S. Mitchell (son of the Agent) in a letter to his father.
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Chehaw Indian Towns On Flint River
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Last Thursday
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50 indians killed; detachment had no losses and one wounded
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A detachment of Georgia Militia commanded by Capt. Wright attacked and burnt the two Chehaw Indian Towns on Flint river. Praise for M'Intosh and his warriors' efforts in the campaign, hunting hostile Indians, with M'Intosh killing three enemies in the late battle.