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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In the western country, Wabash Tribe Indians stole horses from settlers, leading to two engagements: whites lost 3 killed initially but later defeated Indians, killing 17. Cumberland River inhabitants moved to forts amid threats.
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Alexandria, June 29. Authentic accounts from the western country advise, that a body of Indians, supposed to be of the Wabash Tribe, collected and stole all the horses they could find from the white settlers there.—They were soon after pursued and overtaken, when they engaged, and the whites were obliged to retreat with the loss of three men killed. They soon collected a large number of the settlers, and again pursued and overtook them, when another engagement ensued, in which the Indians were defeated and lost 17 of their men.
We further learn, that the inhabitants on and about Cumberland river have all moved into forts.
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Primary Location
Western Country
Event Date
June 29
Outcome
whites lost three men killed in first engagement; indians defeated and lost 17 men in second engagement; inhabitants on and about cumberland river moved into forts
Event Details
A body of Indians, supposed to be of the Wabash Tribe, stole horses from white settlers in the western country. They were pursued and overtaken, leading to an engagement where the whites retreated with three men killed. The settlers regrouped, pursued again, and defeated the Indians in another engagement, killing 17 of them.