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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Report from Camden County, Georgia, details an Indian ambush on a man and woman on the Hartford road, killing the man and robbing him of $700, a gun, and horse; the woman escaped. Settlers fled plantations again due to Indian presence while trying to harvest wheat. Confirms prior skirmish near Tennessee pens.
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[Substance of a letter from a gentleman in Jefferson, Camden county, to the editor of the Reflector, dated on the 11th inst.] This day I have been informed that a man and a woman riding on the Hartford road, were fired on, a few days ago, by a party of Indians lurking in ambush; the former was killed, the latter made her escape, and has arrived in this county. The lady states that the man killed had with him about seven hundred dollars in cash, a gun and horse, which the Indians took from him. The lady also states that some of the persons who left their plantations on the frontier of this county, some time since, in consequence of the menaces of the Indians, returned a few days ago, for the purpose of gathering in their crops of wheat, but left their possessions without effecting their purpose, as many Indians were believed to be in the vicinity. This letter confirms the account published in our last, of the skirmish which took place near the Tennessee pens.
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Primary Location
Jefferson, Camden County
Event Date
A Few Days Ago (From July 11)
Outcome
man killed; robbed of seven hundred dollars, gun, and horse; woman escaped
Event Details
A man and a woman riding on the Hartford road were fired on by Indians in ambush; man killed, woman escaped to county. Some settlers returned to frontier plantations to gather wheat crops but left without success due to believed Indian presence in vicinity. Confirms prior skirmish near Tennessee pens.