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Newspaper
Logansport Herald
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1838
Page
1
A fragmented lyric invokes a western landscape with imagery of plains, forests, mountains, and valleys. It celebrates untamed nature and the pride of the West with references to Nature's bosom crest, deer, forests, and mountains, praising liberty and enduring beauty.
A dated account recalls a violent frontier incident near La Salle where nine hundred Iroquois camped opposite the town. The Panther, feared by settlers, killed a chief in a bold daytime assault after his kin were murdered, then faced the assault of Indian forces as Black Hawk war disturbances spread.
The act authorizes a land grant to Dr. Henry Perrine and associates in southern East Florida to promote tropical plant introduction and cultivation. The grant requires a planted tract within two years, prohibits certain sites, and forfeiture if not occupied or cultivated within eight years. approved July 7, 183?.
The act grants five year pensions to widows who remarried after service in the Revolution and before 1794, with a requirement that payments cease on remarriage. It also bars pledges or transfers of pension rights and requires affidavits of no interest by agents handling funds. The secretary of war will set evidence rules for applications and payments. Approved July 7, 1838.
An act establishes a criminal court for the District of Columbia to try all crimes under current or future laws. It provides a single president appointed judge with a $2000 annual salary, four terms yearly in Washington and two in Alexandria, and transfers existing proceedings to the new court.
The snippet lists advertising rates and payment terms for The Logansport Herald with details on in advance pricing, arrearages, and postpaid letters. It also includes scattered verse and notes from a female friend about public sharing, and a broken poetic section reflecting era prose.
A tribal conflict ends with a Panther severing the chief's head and displaying it to a crowd. He vows death to any who remain at sunrise, and the region sees no Indians the next day. The killer later returns to Missouri, gives a victory yell, and blesses the land with hopeful words.
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