Indian Attacks
Item
Type
Document
Title
Indian Attacks
Description
Addressed murder of settlers on Dunkard's Creek and the dire circumstances surrounding the continuing hostilities of the Indians.
year created
1789
month created
04
day created
25
author
sent from location
Morgan Town
recipient
in collection
in image
author note
William McCleary
recipient note
Beverly Randolph
notable person/group
Beverley Randolph
William McCleary
settlers
Indians
Indian Nation
hostiles
Governor of Virginia
parties
families
man
wife
children
notable location
Morgan Town
Dunkard's Creek
frontier
Virginia
Monongahela River
notable item/thing
Indian hostilities
Indian relations
murder of settlers
Indian affairs
document number
1789042590101
page start
1
transcription
[Margin]
No 2.
Morgan Towne
25th April 1789
Wm. McCleary
to the
govSuperscript textr of VirgSuperscript texta
[two diagonal lines crossed through]
[Body of Letter]
"An express came here this
morning with the disagreable news of the
Indians having committed hostilites on
one of our frontier settlements on the 23Superscript textd:insSuperscript textt [instant]
two parties attached on early about the same
time, two families on Dunkard's creek, about
twenty to twenty five miles from this place
and killed one man, out of one, and the
man & his wife and two children, which
was the whole of the other family__the
alarm given to the frontier of this county
generally by this murder hath become
very serious, and unless some speedy assist
ance is given I am something of opinion
that the Monongahalia river (which runs
by
[Attached to left margin]
PP105-201
Printed
A.S.P.
Indian Affairs
Vol I PP84-96
--Trisch 21:40, 14 February 2012 (EST)
[Top Margin}
[106]
[Body of Letter]
by this place) will be our frontier line in a
short time!
--Trisch 21:50, 14 February 2012 (EST)
No 2.
Morgan Towne
25th April 1789
Wm. McCleary
to the
govSuperscript textr of VirgSuperscript texta
[two diagonal lines crossed through]
[Body of Letter]
"An express came here this
morning with the disagreable news of the
Indians having committed hostilites on
one of our frontier settlements on the 23Superscript textd:insSuperscript textt [instant]
two parties attached on early about the same
time, two families on Dunkard's creek, about
twenty to twenty five miles from this place
and killed one man, out of one, and the
man & his wife and two children, which
was the whole of the other family__the
alarm given to the frontier of this county
generally by this murder hath become
very serious, and unless some speedy assist
ance is given I am something of opinion
that the Monongahalia river (which runs
by
[Attached to left margin]
PP105-201
Printed
A.S.P.
Indian Affairs
Vol I PP84-96
--Trisch 21:40, 14 February 2012 (EST)
[Top Margin}
[106]
[Body of Letter]
by this place) will be our frontier line in a
short time!
--Trisch 21:50, 14 February 2012 (EST)
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | NJQ06 (2 pages) | Collection: First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of War [1A-F2] (RG46) | V: 1, P: 105-106 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William McCleary | Morgan Town | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Beverley Randolph | [unknown] | [n/a] |