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The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser
Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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Report from the Territory south of Ohio details ongoing summer hostilities by Cherokee and Creek Indians against Cumberland settlements, including killings, kidnappings, and horse thefts near Bledsoe's Lick and Nashville.
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Extract of a letter from the Territory of the United States south of Ohio, of a late date.
'The Cherokee and Creek Indians have been continually, through the whole summer, committing hostilities and depredations on the settlements of Cumberland--a white woman and three children were purchased in the month of July, by a trader in the Creek nation, for 1400 lb. of deer-skins, and brought to Knoxville. She had been taken from a station near Bledsoe's Lick, on Cumberland, where four white men were killed and several persons taken prisoners, who may not all be fortunate enough to be ransomed from torture and Indian barbarity. Several persons were killed and wounded in the months of June and July, and a great number of horses taken off from the very vicinity of Nashville.'
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Territory Of The United States South Of Ohio
Event Date
Through The Whole Summer, June And July
Outcome
four white men killed; a white woman and three children taken prisoner and ransomed for 1400 lb. of deer-skins; several persons taken prisoners; several persons killed and wounded; a great number of horses taken
Event Details
The Cherokee and Creek Indians committed hostilities and depredations on the settlements of Cumberland. A white woman and three children were purchased by a trader in the Creek nation and brought to Knoxville after being taken from a station near Bledsoe's Lick, where four white men were killed and several persons taken prisoners. Several persons were killed and wounded in June and July, and many horses were taken from near Nashville.