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A^iul 30 _ *lt; We leam hnm credible authority, that Jthe Post-Master Genqral at Washington, re* -ceiwd'H letter on Wlt;dnie»daV last, from the ’Post-Mailer at Warren, in trfe state of Ohio, informing him, that th’e inhabitants of that ■ town were in, great consternation, in consequence of the intelligence which had just reached . that place, of the tot^f destruction by the Indians, of a detachment, of 250 A-wericans, on their march from Fort Defiance to join the army at Fort Meigs. Il ls added, that Gen. Harrison was with this detachment, and shared their melancholy iate. If this painful event has happened, we may expect to hear some confirmatory account of it in a few days.”i(£7 The National Intelligencer of a «u!sequent date 1$ silent on this subjec t-JFronv the Baltimore TVkigf Afifil 30.An express is said to have gone on to government with the intelligence of Gen. Harrison and his suit, (on their way to. Fort Meigs) having been cut off, and captured by the entn/y.
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Newburyport Herald And Country Gazette
Newburyport, Massachusetts, US
Fri, May 07, 1813
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