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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letter from July 4, 1759, reports a June 12 skirmish at a colonial outpost where unarmed men were ambushed by the enemy near the fish weir, resulting in one killed and scalped, one wounded. Troops prepare river expedition with new battoes.
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"Our People here are in good Health, and not a Man sick among them. Since my last to you an unlucky Affair happen'd on the 12th of June; some of our Men going to the Fish Weir were fir'd upon by the Enemy about 6 in the Morning; they went without their Arms directly contrary to the Colonel's Orders; one Man was killed and scalped, and another shot thro' the Thigh; a Scout immediately went in Pursuit of the Enemy, but could not overtake them.—It is possible before long we may have another Visit from the Messieurs and Indians, but are determined they shall have a warm Reception. The Col. has built three, and is finishing a fourth Battoe in order to proceed up the River with a large Party, which in a few Days will be ready, and hope in my next to give you a good Account of their Proceedings."
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12th Of June
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one man was killed and scalped, and another shot thro' the thigh
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some of our Men going to the Fish Weir were fir'd upon by the Enemy about 6 in the Morning; they went without their Arms directly contrary to the Colonel's Orders; a Scout immediately went in Pursuit of the Enemy, but could not overtake them. The Col. has built three, and is finishing a fourth Battoe in order to proceed up the River with a large Party, which in a few Days will be ready