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A Choctaw Indian was recently sentenced to the penitentiary for fihecn*years, for an attempt to commit a rape on a white Ctrl in Newtcn co.., Mississippi. During j the trial, his companions exhibited great i indignation, and desired to shoot him at t once. Such a crime among the Indians, J before they intermixed with the with race, , was never heard of It is well known, that , though they sometimes tomahawk their , female prisoners, none of our Antericnn i tribes have ever been known to make nn attempt on their chastity.—lb.It hasbcen recently charged that Mr. Van I Bitren held n private loiter from Mr. Polk written before the Baltimore Convention, concurring with Mr. V. B. in his views on the Texas question. The Union denies this entirely. The only letter Mr. Polk i ever wrote on the subject was his published , letter to the Cincinnati Committee, taking I untpialificd grounds in favor of immediate annexation.—lb. I
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Albany Patriot
Albany, Georgia, US
Wed, Jul 09, 1845
Page 3
Full Page
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