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New Hanover.
On the banks of the Santilla, in the remote South, below the Altamaha, and on Cumberland Island, on the coast, a band of adventurers seated themselves in 1756, and established a colony, which they called New Hanover They framed rules for its government and for a considerable time held possession of the country southward as far as the St. Mary's River, in defiance of any warnings from the government of South Carolina, and from the Spaniards of St. Augustine
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oglethorpe , James Edward 1698 -1785 (search)
St. Mary's River.
See Sault De Ste. Marie ship-Canal.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Treaties, Anglo-American (search)
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Wayne, Fort, attack on
Forts Wayne and Harrison, the former at the junction of the St. Joseph's and St. Mary's rivers, where they formed the Maumee, and the latter on the Wabash, were strongholds of the Americans in the Northwest in 1812. General Proctor, in command at Fort Maiden, resolved to reduce them, with the assistance of Tecumseh, whom Brock had commissioned a brigadier-general.
Major Muir, with British regulars and Indians, was to proceed up the Maumee Valley to co-operate with other Indians, and Sept. 1 was appointed as the day when they should invest Fort Wayne.
The garrison consisted of only seventy men under Capt. James Rhea.
The Indians prosecuted raids in other directions to divert attention from Forts Wayne and Harrison and prevent their being reinforced.
A scalping-party fell upon the Pigeon-roost settlement
Map of Fort Wayne and vicinity. in Scott county, Ind. (Sept. 3), and during the twilight they killed three men, five women, and sixteen children.
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