News: Clark Co. – Clip for Clark Co. Advocate (1861)
 

Provided by: Ellen Johnson
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Surnames: Pettengill

---------Source: Chicago Daily Tribune  16 Feb1861

Murder of an Indian--The Clark County, Wis. Advocate gives the details of the deliberate murder of a Chippewa Indian last week by a man named Pettengill, a trader. The Indians were much exasperated and demanded the surrender of Pettengill, but were finally quieted with the assurance that he should be brought to justice.

 

 


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