Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Domestic News
January 18, 1813
Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
Inhabitants of Indiana Territory petitioned the House of Representatives in Washington on Jan. 7, claiming compensation for property depredations by Kentucky Volunteers under Gen. Hopkins, sent to protect against savages but who harmed citizens instead. The claim was referred for consideration.
Clipping
OCR Quality
95%
Excellent
Full Text
Extract of a letter from Washington, Jan. 7, to the Editor of the Evening Post.
A petition, humiliating to the country, was presented this morning, in the House of Representatives from the inhabitants of the Indiana Territory. They state, and produce the vouchers to prove the same, that the Kentucky Volunteers, sent into the Territory under Gen. Hopkins to protect the inhabitants against the savages, actually committed the most wanton depredations on private property-on almost every species of property within their reach. Instead of protecting the inhabitants, they played the savage with their own Fellow Citizens. Thus sir we are at length engaged in a contest not to do our enemy the greatest possible harm, but our friends, and ourselves.
The Petitioners claim from the government, compensation for those depredations, and the claim is referred for that purpose.
A petition, humiliating to the country, was presented this morning, in the House of Representatives from the inhabitants of the Indiana Territory. They state, and produce the vouchers to prove the same, that the Kentucky Volunteers, sent into the Territory under Gen. Hopkins to protect the inhabitants against the savages, actually committed the most wanton depredations on private property-on almost every species of property within their reach. Instead of protecting the inhabitants, they played the savage with their own Fellow Citizens. Thus sir we are at length engaged in a contest not to do our enemy the greatest possible harm, but our friends, and ourselves.
The Petitioners claim from the government, compensation for those depredations, and the claim is referred for that purpose.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Military
Indian Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Indiana Territory Petition
Kentucky Volunteers
Gen Hopkins
Property Depredations
House Of Representatives
What entities or persons were involved?
Gen. Hopkins
Kentucky Volunteers
Where did it happen?
Indiana Territory
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Indiana Territory
Event Date
Jan. 7
Key Persons
Gen. Hopkins
Kentucky Volunteers
Outcome
claim for compensation referred to government
Event Details
Petition presented in House of Representatives from Indiana Territory inhabitants alleging Kentucky Volunteers under Gen. Hopkins committed wanton depredations on private property instead of protecting against savages.