[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Liberty Hall with newspaper accounts of the Creek War and the War of 1812.

Liberty Hall. Vol. X, No. 487. Cincinnati [OH]: Published by J.H. Looker A. Wallace, 1814. 4pp, folio, approx. 11 1/2 x 18 in. (toning, creasing, dampstaining). Scarce newspaper featuring accounts of Andrew Jackson, the Creek War, an Indian Council, and unfolding action during the War of 1812.

Headline the "Sixth Victory Over the Creek Indians" includes a reprinting of Andrew Jackson's letter from Fort Strother to Major General Thomas Pinckney with details of his most recent engagement with the Creek Indians. Also reprinted is a letter from Brig. Gen. John Floyd at "Camp Defiance, 48 miles west of Chattahouchee," to Major General Pinckney describing his most recent engagement with the Creeks." Other domestic news includes a notice from Erie [PA?] of the arrest of three persons on suspicion of being spies, from Plattsburgh [NY] the news of the exchange of 76 prisoners, and from Detroit on the anticipation of a enemy attack. The last page has details of an Indian Council convened with multiple tribes including the Wyandots, Miamis, Pottawatomies, and Ottawas. One advertisement offers a reward of "6 Cents" for a "bound boy" who "Ranaway."

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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Liberty Hall with newspaper accounts of the Creek War and the War of 1812.

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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Liberty Hall with newspaper accounts of the Creek War and the War of 1812.

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