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■ • - -- . f -ri• - ^ : - • ‘ * »• . ’ vn0 We leai j- that a man9* i K - / • t •W MatttBIiot by the Indians.A:* IWa 8 » ho t ■ by dtlf d hd i|p$b o u| |tfcfh fincf|three miles belbw- IndiaMewn iii/: ^ -Vj-V lt;ft :Mr. Keenof age/ and Waifihf^bmpany with two btljei men in the \voods Hunting turkios.x\t the time ho was shot, he was in the act of calling turkies, by imitating their noise,fferiire:bf• .1was from an unseen hand—so torrifiechwore3 who worowith him, that they’ imme-•1- fled/upon the :sxipp6sili‘bh that 'they also wero in danger of sharing his fatev — * * • .** •* » a*' •*. f,V • • •• I »-**-■ •. ilt; / !*• • •« - . «— • - • •• .*♦ * . • j -vvi .■•*..•*• 1 ► » «* •from the same source;;Upon returning in .company with, several ~ to look after the/man who was ?and those who jhay have shot him, they ' moccasin tracks in the vicinity of thefrom which the sound of the rifle-proceeded, and three Indians, with rifles,wore iseen soon after the report, to emerge from the timber and proceed to the ’place whereabout 35 of their tribes wore encamped. These Indians with several ■ squaws, hadai! » .m: 'ueilocated there and rented ground for thepurpose of raising a'crop of corn, and whether Keen was shot intentionally, or accidentally remains yet undertermined. mThe verdict of the coroner’s jury is, that] he came to his death from a rifle ball, shot by some person to the jurors ‘unkno wn.This matter needs investigation. The Indians are of the MusqUaka Tribe, and say they have been driven from the frontier by the Pottawattamie's.—Iowa Rep.n;e i ytcIK/ ’-isdlt;i( mG dti*AX(O]tca: tceiti si• 1Mississippi and Missouri Railroad.PaudddbIdviVi
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Vinton Eagle
Vinton, Iowa, US
Wed, May 23, 1855
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