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BEP(F.756.029
25 Oct 1756:41 (1104)
Extract of a letter from Lancaster, dated Oct. 12. 1756.
The prisoners and scalps taken at Kittanning are brought
hither, with Jacob's horn and pouch, and many belts of
wampum. There seems to be no doubt of his being killed.
The prisoners have been examined here by the governor. They
say that Turner the Corporal at Fort Granville, who ordered
the gate to be opened to the enemy, was put to death by the
Indians when they got him to Kitanning. They tied him to a
black post, danced round him, made a great fire, and having
heated gun barrels red hot, they run them through his body;
they tormented him thus for near three hours, then scalped
him alive; and at last helped up a boy, with a hatchet in
his hand, to give him the finishing stroke.
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