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Indian murders on Fall Creek marked Madison County trials
Historic Madison County narrative recounts the 1824 Indian murders at Fall Creek, the trials of Harp er Sawyer Hudson Bridge Sen Bridge Jr and others in Pendleton. It details the court setup, jurists, prosecutors, and dramatic courtroom exchanges amid frontier law and tension between settlers and Native tribes.
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Madison County
Pendleton
Anderson
O. H. Smith
Indiana
Mr. Smith
Fall Creek
Madison
Falls
White River
Chesterfield
Huntsfield
Indianapolis
Ludlow
Stephen Ludlow
Lawrenceburg
Mingo
Harper
Sawyer
Hudson
Bridge
Sen
Bridge, Jr
Ohio
John Johnston
War Department
Washington City
Johnston
William Conner
Grand Jury
Wm. W. Wick
Samuel Holliday
Adam Winchell
Judge Wick
Holiday
Judge Winchell
Moses Cox
Connersville
Samuel Cory
James Noble
United State
Secretary of War
Philip Sweetzer
Calvin Fletcher
Judge Holliday
Calvin Fletcner
Circuit
Daniel B. Wick
Fletcher
Madison Circuit