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Kentucky Gazette And General Advertiser
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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Lieut. Wilkinson's party, sent to establish a fort at the mouth of the Platte River, was attacked by Indians (possibly with Spaniards) about 300 miles up the Missouri, resulting in one death on each side. Wilkinson returned to St. Louis. No attack on Maj. Lewis's party reported.
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"We have nothing worth communicating, except that young Mr. Wilkinson, (who went up the Missouri, as the public have been some time since informed,) has just returned to St. Louis, on account of a quarrel with some Indians, who killed one of his [Wilkinson's] party; upon which, the party killed one of the Indians."
Since the foregoing was received, the Editor has conversed with a Gentleman immediately from St. Louis, who informed him, that the object of Lieut. Wilkinson's journey up the Missouri, was to establish a Fort at the mouth of the river Platte; and that the party was fired upon about 300 miles up the Missouri. It was suspected that several Spaniards were with the Indians, as some white men were discovered.
No information of any attack having been made on Maj. Lewis's party, had reached St. Louis, at the time our informant left it; and he apprehends the report must have originated from the attack upon Lieut. Wilkinson.
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Primary Location
Missouri River
Event Date
Dec. 21, 1807
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one of wilkinson's party killed; one indian killed. wilkinson returned to st. louis.
Event Details
Wilkinson's party, traveling up the Missouri to establish a fort at the mouth of the Platte River, was fired upon by Indians about 300 miles up the river, with suspicions of Spaniards present. This followed a quarrel where Indians killed one of Wilkinson's men, and the party retaliated by killing one Indian.