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The Daily Advertiser
New York, New York County, New York
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Volunteers pursuing Indians near Pittsburg returned without success. At Salt Licks, Indians attacked Capt. Robins' party in a hut, wounding one man with a tomahawk; the attackers were dispersed after gunfire, and the wounded man is recovering.
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On Saturday last the party of volunteers which went in pursuit of the Indians, returned, without having come up with them; they had got two days march ahead. At the Salt Licks the Indians attacked Capt. Robins, who, with a few men, and a quantity of goods, was proceeding to the Moravian Towns. The party was sleeping in a small hut built by Mr. David Duncan, and one of them having occasion to go out in the night, was struck on the head with a tomahawk, this alarmed the rest, who immediately got up and after firing a few shots, dispersed the Indians, and returned to this Town. The wounded man is in a fair way of recovering.
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Salt Licks Near Pittsburg
Event Date
Saturday Last (From Nov. 3)
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one man wounded on the head with a tomahawk but expected to recover; indians dispersed after gunfire.
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A party of volunteers pursuing Indians returned without catching them, as the Indians were two days ahead. Separately, at Salt Licks, Indians attacked Capt. Robins and his men in a hut built by Mr. David Duncan while en route to Moravian Towns; one man was tomahawked at night, but the group fired shots, dispersed the attackers, and returned to town.