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Document 1792Craig passes along various bits of information he has received from various sources. Reports on an Indian murder of woman and children;
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[undecipherable]
Pittsburgh 5th March 1792
Sir
I have Received your favor of the [undecipherable] Instant, together with a letter from the Pay Master, for Inclosing One Thousand Dollars to be delivered to Capt Butler & Bfaria, provided they accept three Appointments to take the Oath by the Law prescribed. I shall do Capt Butler to day — and shall write to Capt Park immediately. I shall forward the Rifles to [undecipherable] Siffon as soon as they arrive at this place —
Capt Cup arrived at Fort Franklin the 25. found all well there, he says Lieut Siffon had the works in good Order, & that he has a high opinion of Litt Siffon, as a Diligent & Industrious Officer — A few days before Capt Cup arrived there, a Delaware Indian, that was suspected to have been a Spy, was Killed by the Senecas out side of the Fort, this is certainly a mark of their attachment — by late Act from Washington we are informed, that the Indians have Killed the Wife & Three Children of a Delaware Brown at a small Station between Bellpray & Bellvilla. Brown Escaped by being at a distance from the Home —
I am Sir
your Obett
[undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Craig passes along various bits of information he has received from various sources. Reports on an Indian murder of woman and children;
Date
03/31/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1792033154001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Knox to Craig, 04/07/1792.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Isaac Craig
spy
Captain Butler
Captain Sparks
Lieutenant Jeffers
Captain Cass
Delaware Indian
Senecas
wife and three children of Deliverance Brown
paymaster
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Muskingum
Pittsburgh
Fort Franklin
small station between Bellfray and Bellville.
Notable items
rifles
the Indians have killed the wife and three children of Deliverance Brown
vigilant and industrious officer
house

