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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Cherokees returning from a treaty in Charles-Town committed robberies and assaults in South Carolina back settlements, then were ambushed by Creeks, killing 32 of about 80-90.
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Extract of a Letter from Charles-Town, in South-Carolina, dated January 12, 1752.
"The Cherokees that were last in Town at the Treaty, committed some Robberies, attempted to ravish several Women, and were otherwise very insolent to the Inhabitants in our back Settlements, on their Return home, though they had made a strict League with us. They were Way-laid, and attacked by a Party of the Creek Nation, now at War with them, who killed thirty-two, of about eighty or ninety that went from this Place."
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Back Settlements Near Charles Town, South Carolina
Event Date
On Their Return Home, Prior To January 12, 1752
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thirty-two cherokees killed by a party of the creek nation
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The Cherokees that were last in Town at the Treaty, committed some Robberies, attempted to ravish several Women, and were otherwise very insolent to the Inhabitants in our back Settlements, on their Return home, though they had made a strict League with us. They were Way-laid, and attacked by a Party of the Creek Nation, now at War with them, who killed thirty-two, of about eighty or ninety that went from this Place.