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May 23, 1820
The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
The New-York Columbian reports on an article by Colonel Mitchell in a Georgia paper accusing General Gaines of an unprovoked attack on the Indian village of Fowltown, criticizing his conduct as irritating to the Indians and potentially unjust.
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In a late Georgia paper (the Milledgeville Recorder) we find a very circumstantial and energetick article, written by Colonel Mitchell, who has succeeded the late Mr. Hawkins, as Indian Agent. What is peculiarly interesting in this publication is, that he explicitly charges General Gaines with a wanton and unprovoked attack upon the Indian village of Fowltown. "Having irritated and roused the Indians, by an attack on Fowltown, and encouraged and emboldened them, by the imbecility of his subsequent conduct, &c." he proceeds to state a course of conduct, which, if not brought before the proper tribunal, must argue a disregard of publick justice, that nothing can palliate.
In a late Georgia paper (the Milledgeville Recorder) we find a very circumstantial and energetick article, written by Colonel Mitchell, who has succeeded the late Mr. Hawkins, as Indian Agent. What is peculiarly interesting in this publication is, that he explicitly charges General Gaines with a wanton and unprovoked attack upon the Indian village of Fowltown. "Having irritated and roused the Indians, by an attack on Fowltown, and encouraged and emboldened them, by the imbecility of his subsequent conduct, &c." he proceeds to state a course of conduct, which, if not brought before the proper tribunal, must argue a disregard of publick justice, that nothing can palliate.
What sub-type of article is it?
Indian Affairs
Military
What keywords are associated?
Indian Affairs
Fowltown Attack
General Gaines
Colonel Mitchell
Milledgeville Recorder
What entities or persons were involved?
Colonel Mitchell
General Gaines
Mr. Hawkins
Where did it happen?
Fowltown
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Fowltown
Key Persons
Colonel Mitchell
General Gaines
Mr. Hawkins
Event Details
Colonel Mitchell, the new Indian Agent succeeding Mr. Hawkins, wrote an article in the Milledgeville Recorder charging General Gaines with a wanton and unprovoked attack on the Indian village of Fowltown, irritating the Indians and showing imbecility in subsequent conduct, which may disregard public justice if not addressed.