“Washington, April 17”
Date
4-30-1812
Newspaper
Hampshire Federalist
Page and Column
Page 2, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Springfield, Massachusetts
Serial Number
800
Abstract
Report from St. Louis mentions damage from New Madrid earthquakes “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.”
Transcript
WASHINGTON, APRIL 17. 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 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 Missouri near Loure. "The company of Rangers raised in the Illinois, under the command of Capt. Whitesides, have marched in the most exposed section of their frontier: report says that they are as fine 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 traveling in some cases.
Recommended Citation
"“Washington, April 17”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 785.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/785
