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Domestic News
September 28, 1759
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Report from Fort Augusta on the first instant: Garrison in good health; Indians trading peacefully with settlers; Allegheny families plan to settle at Wyoming; Mingo Indians deliver a 16-year-old white prisoner captured from Juniata four years prior.
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PHILADELPHIA, SEP. 13.
From Fort Augusta, we learn, that the garrison was well there the first Instant: That a Number of Indians were at that Place, in order to trade with our People, who all settled well satisfied, and very quiet: That there were amongst them some Families from Allegheny, who said they would go and settle at Wyoming: And that several of the Mingo Indians had also been at that fort, and brought with them a white Prisoner, a lad about 16 years of age, who was carried off from Juniata four years ago.
From Fort Augusta, we learn, that the garrison was well there the first Instant: That a Number of Indians were at that Place, in order to trade with our People, who all settled well satisfied, and very quiet: That there were amongst them some Families from Allegheny, who said they would go and settle at Wyoming: And that several of the Mingo Indians had also been at that fort, and brought with them a white Prisoner, a lad about 16 years of age, who was carried off from Juniata four years ago.
What sub-type of article is it?
Indian Affairs
Migration Or Settlement
What keywords are associated?
Fort Augusta
Indians Trade
Allegheny Families
Wyoming Settlement
Mingo Indians
White Prisoner
Juniata
Where did it happen?
Fort Augusta
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Fort Augusta
Event Date
The First Instant
Outcome
peaceful trade and settlement plans; white prisoner returned.
Event Details
Garrison well; Indians trading peacefully; Allegheny families to settle at Wyoming; Mingo Indians brought 16-year-old white prisoner captured from Juniata four years ago.