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FIVE INDIANS KILLED AT NESHOBA, MISS. — 3 BY l-'URDER AND 2 by DEATH OF T'URDERERS
July 5-12, 18^5
Daily Picayune - Saturday, August 2, 18^5 - P ? col 3
INDIANS KILLED We learn from the "Eastern Clarion" that five Indians vere killed in Neshoba, Miss., during the week ending July 12th, l8lf5« One of them had killed tvo of his comrades in a fight. The murderer was condemned to death but allowed to shoot himself, which he freely did.
Another Indian killed his man by a blow aimed with a billet of wood. The aggressor in this instance was also put to death, making five deaths.
These occurrences are said to be very rare wrong the Indians in ?'ississippi.
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Coast General Indians-Killed-1845
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