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The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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Two Shawnee Indians attacked Philip Hamman's plantation on Slate Creek, cutting clothes off a negro woman, killing one hog and stabbing another, and threatening Hamman's life for allegedly causing the deaths of 36 Indians.
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That on Tuesday last, two Shawanee Indians, (one with long beard) came to his plantation in his absence, and cut the clothes off a negro woman who was out at work, killed one hog and stabbed another, and threatened his life, saying " We know the c-d son of a b-:; it was he that carried the news from Point Pleasant to Donnell's fort, at Green Brier, & got 36 of us killed, & we'll have his scalp before the Summer is out."
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Primary Location
Slate Creek, About 8 Miles Above The Iron Works
Event Date
On Tuesday Last
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one hog killed, another stabbed; negro woman's clothes cut off; threat to philip hamman's life and scalp
Event Details
Two Shawanee Indians came to Philip Hamman's plantation in his absence, cut the clothes off a negro woman at work, killed one hog and stabbed another, and threatened his life for carrying news from Point Pleasant to Donnell's fort at Green Brier, which allegedly got 36 of them killed.