“Earthquake”
Date
2-29-1812
Newspaper
The Supporter
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Chillicothe, Ohio
Serial Number
572
Abstract
Report from the Georgetown(Ky) Telegraph about Indians(Chickasaws) hunting on the White river who felt the earthquake of December 16, 1811 and reported smelling a sulfurous smell before the earthquakes. They were located at an area where three large mountains could be seen. Source of the information was George Colbert, Indian agent.
Transcript
EARTHQUAKE. A gentleman on whose authority we can rely, has reached here, from Orleans. He informs us that he was at that place on the 16th Dec. and felt no shock of the Earthquake-He learnt, from Geo. Colbert, as he passed through the nation, that a party of the Chickasaws who had been hunting on White river, had returned, and had informed him (Colbert) that the day before the Earthquake was felt where they were the air was so much impregnated with sulphurious matter as almost to suffocate them-they were in sight of three large mountains, from the tops of which the adjacent country could have been overlooked as far as the eye would reach-that morning after the shock two of them had sunk-that from the remaining one they could see rocks thrown out as large as houses, and that large quantities of white sand appeared to issue from every part. Alarmed at these awful appearances the Indians hurried to their homes.--Georgetown Telegraph.
Recommended Citation
"“Earthquake”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 560.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/560
