Citation - Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia: 1730.02.24

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Index Entry Dancer, in Catawassie, prisoner of Indians tortured, made to sing and dance 
Location Catawassie 
Citation
PG-P.730.013
19-24 Feb 1730:32 (67)
Manhatawney, Feb. 16.  Sir, I send you the following account
of what was transacted very lately at an Indian town called
Catawassie, on Susquahanna River.
   The Shawana Indians has been at war with a nation of
Indians that live to the southwest of Virginia, and had
taken three prisoners: . . . [5 lines] they made the
prisoner sing and dance for some time, . . . [then tortured
him]


Generic Title Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia 
Date 1730.02.24 
Publisher Franklin, B., and H. Meredith 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1730 
Bibliography B0034797
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