“Accounts from St. Louis....”
Date
4-17-1812
Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 5
Newspaper Location
Raleigh, North Carolina
Serial Number
660
Abstract
Reports copied from the Louisiana Gazette. Notes extensive damage on west side of Mississippi river
Transcript
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 & rapid movement, the tract of country from Salt River on the Mississippi to the Missouri near Loutre." The ravages of the Earthquake on the west bank of the Mississippi are described as having been very destructive, completely impeding all traveling in some cases.
Recommended Citation
"“Accounts from St. Louis....”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 647.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/647
