“Accounts from St. Louis...”
Date
4-16-1812
Newspaper
Virginia Argus
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Richmond, Virginia
Serial Number
1073
Abstract
Brief mention from St. Louis that earthquake damage was centered on the west bank of the Mississippi river and impeded travel completely in places.
Transcript
WASHINGTON CITY, April 11. Gen. WILKINSON is to resume the command on the Lower Mississippi; and we understand, will take his departure from this city in a few day, via Pittsburg, for New Orelans. Nat. Intelligencer. Accounts from St. Louis, L. T. to the 21st ult. speak of continued hostile movements amongst the Indian tribes. By the two following paragraphs, from the Louisiana Gazette of that date, we find that the law, passed at the present session, for raising six companies of mounted rangers, has been already executed to valuable purpose: "The new company of rangers now doing duty in the district of St. Charles, are, perhaps, as fine a body of hardy woodsmen as ever took the field. They cover, by constant and rapid movement, that tract of country from Salt river on the Mississippi to the Missouri near Loutre. "The company of Rangers raised in the Illinois, under the command of Capt. Whitesides, have marched to the most exposed section of their frontier: report says that they are as find a company as ever trod the tented field." The ravages of the Earthquake on the west bank of the Mississippi are described as having been very destructive, completely impeding all travelling in some cases. Ib
Recommended Citation
"“Accounts from St. Louis...”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 1042.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1042
