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Frontier and pioneer life -- Indiana

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Madison County Native American murders statement of expenditures

 Collection — Folder OB022
Identifier: OB022
Scope and Contents This collection includes a December 21, 1824 statement of expenditures written and signed by Indian Agent John Johnston regarding the costs "arising out of the murder of nine friendly Indians in Madison County Indiana by sundry Citizens of the United States in March 1823." This opening statement on the document uses the incorrect date of 1823 instead of 1824. The document is an itemization of a number of different expenses, including the coroner's inquest fees; the cost of guarding the...
Dates: 1824, 1873