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Palladium Of Virginia And The Pacific Monitor
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
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Principal chief of the upper town in Southern Indians arrested a mail stage near Montgomery, Alabama, claiming the land as tribal property and attempting to harm the driver and a passenger, possibly influenced by white men. State authorities intervened, and the chief is likely in custody.
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We learn by an official despatch, received at the Department, that the principal chief of the upper town arrested the mail stage near Montgomery, in Alabama; that he declared that the land was the property of his tribe, and that the stage should not pass over it. He attempted the life of the driver, and also of one of the passengers. It is believed that he acted under the advice of some evil disposed white men. We learn that the civil authority of the State has been called to the aid of the contractor, and that the offender is in all probability now in custody.
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Montgomery, Alabama
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attempted harm to driver and passenger; offender likely in custody
Event Details
The principal chief arrested the mail stage, declared the land as tribal property, prohibited passage, and attempted the lives of the driver and a passenger, believed influenced by evil-disposed white men. Civil authorities called to aid the contractor.