“The Last Clarion...’
Date
2-29-1812
Newspaper
The Supporter
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Chillicothe, Ohio
Serial Number
573
Abstract
Report from the Nashville Clarion that Indians hunting on the headwaters of the Arkansas and Platte rivers that they felt the earthquake there. Unknown which of the New Madrid earthquakes they felt. Also saw a mountain on fire and thought that it was a the source of the earthquakes.
Transcript
The last Clarion says, that 'several Indians who were hunting near the heard of the Arkensaw and Plate rivers about the time of the Earthquake were very much alarmed at the appearance of a mountain on fire-that they immediately hurried off, but are convinced from what they saw that the shocks we feel proceeds from those fires, and that the sinking on the Mississippi is not from subterranean fire, but is to be attributed to the earth there being formed by the alluvian of the Mississippi river on quick sands. The Mississippi is the nearest place that has opened as we know of.
Recommended Citation
"“The Last Clarion...’" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 561.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/561
