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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A September 1786 letter from Fort Pitt reports intelligence from three men from Sandusky: Indians gathering 700 warriors at Shawnee towns for war, having taken 13 scalps and 4 prisoners including Mrs. Marr and daughter who were burned; plans to attack Capt. Hutchins and Wheeling settlement; Indians vow not to disturb whites within Pennsylvania bounds; hopes Gen. Clarke's 1500-man expedition will intervene.
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NEW-YORK, October 2.
Extract of a letter from an officer commanding at Fort Pitt, to a gentleman in Philadelphia, dated September 13, 1786.
"Three men from Sandusky say the Indians are in general disposed for war, and that there are 700 warriors collected at the Shawnee towns, and more are expected. That they were informed by two white men who had been there, that they had brought in 13 scalps and 4 prisoners, two men and a Mrs. Marr and daughter; the two latter they burned before the men, and told them that was to be their lot in a few days. The above persons say that the Indians are determined to strike at Capt. Hutchins, surveyor, and those with him; also at a settlement called Wheeling, about 170 miles from this: but Gen. Clarke, we hope, is ere this gone into their country with 1500 men, which will cut them out some other work than the butchering our defenceless inhabitants.
"I had almost forgot to tell you that the Indians say they will not disturb the whites, if they will confine themselves within the bounds of Pennsylvania, and on this side the Ohio, and that they do not mean to trouble Col. Porter in cutting the line."
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Shawnee Towns
Event Date
September 13, 1786
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13 scalps taken; 4 prisoners captured including two men, mrs. marr, and her daughter; mrs. marr and daughter burned alive before the men, who face similar fate soon; planned attacks on capt. hutchins's party and wheeling settlement; anticipated intervention by gen. clarke with 1500 men
Event Details
Three men from Sandusky report Indians disposed for war with 700 warriors at Shawnee towns and more expected; informed by two white men of recent captures of 13 scalps and 4 prisoners, with Mrs. Marr and daughter burned; Indians plan to strike at Capt. Hutchins and Wheeling; Indians state they will not disturb whites within Pennsylvania bounds and on this side of Ohio, nor trouble Col. Porter's line-cutting