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Fearful Tragedy Report From Bonny Creek and War News
Captain Finlay of the British ship Faith reports a tribal massacre near Bonny where thirty five Creekman natives and their kin were killed after a siege. A slave set fire to the besieged house. the victims were dumped in sacks into the river. Also mentions horse disease in the Potomac army and improvised medical tips, a gunpowder wound treatment, and a price-driven newspaper proprietors meeting in Puinaprrrura on November 19 to protect interests amid rising paper costs.
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