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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Extract of letter from Silver Bluff, Oct. 28, details Mr. Galphin's efforts to keep lower Creek Indians peaceable; headmen at his Ogeechee cow-pen, arriving soon. Spaniards from Cuba visited St. Mark's, conferred with Creeks, sent pipes, tobacco, rum as friendship tokens, urged holding Americans' hand amid triple alliance with French.
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"By the unwearied endeavours of Mr. Galphin the Indians are peaceable; a party of the headmen of the lower Creeks who overawed the rest, are now at Mr. Galphin's cow-pen on Ogeechee, and will be here in a few days. The Spaniards lately came from Cuba to St. Mark's, near the Apalachee old fields, conferred with the Creeks, sent to each town of the nation, Spanish pipes and tobacco, and five kegs of rum, as tokens of friendship; at the same time charging them always to hold the Americans firmly by the hand, as they, the French and we are united in a triple band of friendship, and would jointly revenge any injury that might be offered to either of the parties."
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Silver Bluff
Event Date
October 28
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indians peaceable; party of headmen to arrive in a few days
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By the unwearied endeavours of Mr. Galphin the Indians are peaceable; a party of the headmen of the lower Creeks who overawed the rest, are now at Mr. Galphin's cow-pen on Ogeechee, and will be here in a few days. The Spaniards lately came from Cuba to St. Mark's, near the Apalachee old fields, conferred with the Creeks, sent to each town of the nation, Spanish pipes and tobacco, and five kegs of rum, as tokens of friendship; at the same time charging them always to hold the Americans firmly by the hand, as they, the French and we are united in a triple band of friendship, and would jointly revenge any injury that might be offered to either of the parties.