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PG-P.756.101
23 Sep 1756:31,32 (1448)
Saturday last arrived an express from Colonel Armstrong, of
Cumberland county, with advice, that he marched from Fort
Shirley on the 30th past, with about 300 of our provincial
forces, on an expedition against Kittanning, a town of our
Indian enemies, on the Ohio, about 25 miles above Fort
Duquesne. . . [11 lines] About three in the morning, having
been guided by the whooping of the Indian warriors at a
dance in the town, they reached the river, 100 perches below
the body of the town, near a corn field . . . [14 lines,
attack Indians in their houses.] When the Indians were told
they would be burnt if they did not surrender one of them
reply'd he did not care, as he could kill four of five
before he died; and as the heat approached, some begun to
sing. . . Some however burst out of the house, and attempted
to reach the river. . .
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