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The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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On August 15, 1807, a U.S. officer at cantonments near St. Louis reports meeting Acting Governor T. Bates, who fears Indian attacks on the upper Mississippi incited by British agents and traders. He praises the timely arrival of U.S. troops to deter them.
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Extract from an officer of the U. S. dated at cantonments, on the Missouri near St. Louis, August 15, 1807.
"I have this day seen T. Bates, Esq. the acting governor of this territory. He appears to be very apprehensive of some hostile intentions of the Indians on the Mississippi above this. He thinks the detachment of the U. S. troops arrived here in very good time to check or damp them. The British agents & traders on the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers are I am certain doing every thing in their power to make the Indians unfriendly to the U. S."
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Primary Location
Cantonments On The Missouri Near St. Louis
Event Date
1807 08 15
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no casualties reported; u.s. troops arrived to check potential indian hostilities.
Event Details
U.S. officer meets Acting Governor T. Bates, who expresses apprehension of hostile Indian intentions on the Mississippi above the location, attributes unfriendliness to British agents and traders on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and views the recent U.S. troop detachment as timely to deter them.