Citation - Independent Ledger: 1782.05.06

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Index Entry Song, Indian, taught captive by Moravian Indians 
Location Fort Pitt 
Citation
IL.782.044
6 May 1782:11,12 (4/209)
Philadelphia, April 16. . . In a late paper we gave an
account, that a woman and three children had been carried
off by the savages from their habitation near Fort Pitt: . .
.
[3/4 column: narrative of action from man who escaped from
Indians]
   While at Muskingum, the 2 Moravian Indians learnt him an
Indian song, which they frequently made him sing, by way of
insult, and afterwards interpreted to him in obscene
language; and he left them at Muskingum, where they stayed,
in order to go out with the next party against our
settlements. . .


Generic Title Independent Ledger 
Date 1782.05.06 
Publisher Draper and Folsom 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1782 
Bibliography B0018308
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