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Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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Letter from Col. George Fisher reports re-commencement of hostilities with Creeks near Fort Claiborne, Alabama: on Feb. 8, 1816, they killed three white men, took three enslaved people and ten horses; pursuit underway, arms expected; linked to President's proclamation and Jackson's treaty.
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Extract of a letter from Col. George Fisher, to a gentleman in this city, dated Mount Etna (near Fort Claiborne, on the Alabama) February 14th, 1816.
"Nothing new here but the re-commencement of hostilities with the Creeks; on the 8th inst. they killed three white men about 30 miles above Fort Claiborne, and took three negroes and ten horses. A party of men are in pursuit of the murderers. No doubt we shall have to take up arms immediately. The President's proclamation has given them great confidence that their lands will be restored to them which they surrendered by Jackson's treaty."
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Mount Etna Near Fort Claiborne, On The Alabama
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February 8, 1816
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three white men killed, three negroes and ten horses taken; party of men in pursuit of the murderers; expectation of taking up arms
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Re-commencement of hostilities with the Creeks; on the 8th inst. they killed three white men about 30 miles above Fort Claiborne, and took three negroes and ten horses. The President's proclamation has given them great confidence that their lands will be restored to them which they surrendered by Jackson's treaty.