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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Mr. Schoff from Upper Cohass reports that neighbors Hall and Ames were attacked by Indians while hunting about ten days ago, robbed of their furs, and narrowly escaped. Locals suspect mischief due to Indians' unusual behavior, unaware of southern hostilities, putting frontier settlements in danger, linked to British influence.
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A Mr. Schoff, from Upper Cohass, was yesterday in town. He informs, that about ten or twelve days ago, two of his neighbours (Mess. Hall and Ames) returned from hunting—that while they were out, they were attacked by some Indians, and robbed of all the furs they had collected; and that, had not the night favoured their escape, they would undoubtedly have been killed. Mr. Schoff adds, that the Indians are less sociable than usual, having scarce visited the settlement since the spring. This gave the inhabitants reason to suspect that some mischief was intended: but, from their remoteness of situation being totally ignorant of the hostilities of the southern Indians, they had been less attentive to their conduct than they otherwise should have been.
If this account be true (and we see no reason to doubt it) the inhabitants not only of Cohass, but of all our frontier settlements, are in the utmost danger. There is no room to doubt but the savages here mentioned act from the same motives with those in the Ohio country—both urged on and supported by Britain.
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Upper Cohass
Event Date
About Ten Or Twelve Days Ago
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robbed of all the furs they had collected; escaped due to night favoring them; no deaths reported
Event Details
Two neighbors, Hall and Ames, were attacked by Indians while hunting, robbed of their furs, and nearly killed but escaped with the help of night. Indians have been less sociable since spring, raising suspicions of intended mischief among remote settlers ignorant of southern Indian hostilities.