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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Extract from a Niagara letter reports the Senecas selling about three million acres of land across the river to Mr. Morris at Genesee, retaining 200,000 acres; expects rapid settlement. Americans appoint a new Swiss commanding officer, placing troops on nightly alert despite no nearby Indian threat, seen as a ploy to keep soldiers busy as terms near end.
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NEW-YORK, October 30.
Extract of a letter from Niagara, dated September 29.
"The only news we have here, is the sale of the Lands lying on the other side of the river, to Mr. Morris, by the Senecas; there are about three millions of acres, out of which they have retained 200,000 in different places. The terms we do not yet know, as the Indians are not yet returned from the sale, which was effected at Genesee. We may now expect to see the other side settling fast; it is a very fine country, and no doubt will sell in lots very high.
"The Americans have appointed a new commanding officer here; since his arrival, the troops have been under arms every night—You'll ask, for fear of what? strange to tell—for fear of the Indians—although there are none nearer than eighty miles, being as quiet as ever in their villages, and perfectly satisfied with both governments. Every body thinks it is merely a scheme, 'to keep the mens' noses more to the grindstone,' as their times are nearly out; and the commander, who is a Swiss, thinks they have had too idle a life."
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Niagara
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September 29
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senecas sold about three million acres, retaining 200,000 acres; terms unknown; troops placed under nightly arms for fear of distant indians, viewed as scheme to occupy soldiers as enlistments near end.
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Senecas sold lands on the other side of the river to Mr. Morris at Genesee; expects fast settlement of the fine country with high lot prices. Americans appointed new Swiss commanding officer at Niagara; troops under arms every night despite no nearby Indians, who remain quiet and satisfied.