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Domestic News
October 23, 1767
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Four Indians on a whaling sloop arriving at Nantucket fought with lancets over a sea dispute, killing two of them; the three white crew members secured the surviving two as murderers.
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We hear from Nantucket, that four Indians, who belonged to a whaling Sloop, which arrived there a few Days ago, having had some Difference at Sea, agreed to decide the Dispute on their Arrival ; accordingly, when the Sloop got in as far as the Bar, and only three white Men on board, who were asleep in the Cabbin, the Indians, who were in the Forecastle, armed themselves with some Lancets, which lay upon Deck, with which they fought, divided into two Parties : when both of one Party were killed upon the Spot, but the other two were not hurt. The white Men, on hearing the Noise, ran out of the Cabbin, and seeing what had been transacted, immediately Secured the Murderers.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
Shipping
Indian Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Nantucket Indians
Whaling Sloop Fight
Indian Murder
Ship Dispute
Where did it happen?
Nantucket
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Nantucket
Event Date
A Few Days Ago
Outcome
two indians killed on the spot; the other two indians secured as murderers by the three white men.
Event Details
Four Indians on a whaling sloop, arriving at Nantucket after a dispute at sea, fought with lancets when the sloop reached the Bar, with only three white men asleep in the cabin; the Indians divided into two parties, resulting in both of one party killed.