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Domestic News July 2, 1835

Martinsburg Gazette

Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia

What is this article about?

Major Elias Rector captured an Osage Indian in the Osage nation who murdered a white blacksmith after losing two children to cholera, blaming whites; the suspect was taken to Cantonment Leavenworth for trial in July.

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Little Rock, May 29.—Major Elias Rector, Marshall for the Territory, arrived in town on Tuesday evening last, from the Osage nation, where he had been in pursuit of an Osage who had committed murder some time since. It seems that the Osage had lost two children by the cholera, and becoming enraged with the whites for introducing it, walked into a blacksmith's shop and stabbed the occupant, a white man. He has been taken, we understand, and carried to cantonment Leavenworth, whence he will be brought and tried at the next (July) term of the Superior Court of this Territory.

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime Indian Affairs Legal Or Court

What keywords are associated?

Osage Murder Cholera Deaths Indian Capture Territorial Court

What entities or persons were involved?

Major Elias Rector Osage

Where did it happen?

Osage Nation

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Osage Nation

Event Date

Some Time Since May 29

Key Persons

Major Elias Rector Osage

Outcome

white blacksmith stabbed and killed; osage captured and taken to cantonment leavenworth for trial in july term of superior court

Event Details

Osage lost two children to cholera, enraged at whites, entered blacksmith's shop and stabbed the white occupant; pursued by Major Elias Rector, captured and imprisoned

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