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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Captain O'Hara reports from the Miami to Fort Pitt that Indians killed men near Fort Finney, causing hostages to escape; killed about 15 on Beargrass; killed two and wounded one on Eighteen Mile Island; three war parties crossed the Ohio; Captain Finney maintains vigilance with militia; no further news from party at Fort McIntosh.
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Extract of a letter from a person of veracity at Fort Pitt, dated April 25, 1786.
"Captain O'Hara, who has just arrived from the Miami, informs, that the Indians killed some men at a small station near Fort Finney. The men had gone out to hunt their horses, in consequence of which the hostages had run off. He adds, that they had also killed about fifteen people on Beargrass, and two men, and wounded another, on the eighteen mile island. And from the best information he could get, three parties had crossed the Ohio to go to war; and that Captain Finney is obliged to keep a continual look out, aided by some of the militia. We have heard nothing further from the party that had made their appearance at Fort M'Intosh."
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Fort Pitt
Event Date
April 25, 1786
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indians killed some men near fort finney (hostages escaped); killed about fifteen people on beargrass; killed two men and wounded another on the eighteen mile island; three parties crossed the ohio to go to war; captain finney keeps continual lookout aided by militia.
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Captain O'Hara, arriving from the Miami, informs of Indian killings at a small station near Fort Finney where men hunted horses, leading to hostages running off; additional killings on Beargrass and eighteen mile island; three war parties crossed the Ohio; vigilance at Fort Finney with militia; no further news from party at Fort M'Intosh.