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Description: Indian Attack in Liberty County
Date: May 28 1788Newspaper published in: Frederick-Town, Md.
Page/Column: 2/2
American Occurrences - Savanna, April 24
Last week a party of Indians, six or seven, came down to the settlement of Liberty County, and took off six wenches and a boy the property of Andrew MAYBANK, Esquire. They were closely pursued by Col. MAXWELL as far as the Alatamaha, but had previous to his arrival made their escape over the river.
The above is contradicted, but from no authority or good grounds.
It may not be unpleasing to our readers, to learn the manner in which Mr. BURNET was wounded. The Indians had for some time surrounded the fort in Glynn, and at that period that collected the chief part of his flock to drive off to the nation. This BURNET could not bear, and finding the few with him not so forward as he wished, with his son only charged a party of about eight or ten Indians, who fled before him. Such was the consternation at his intrepidity, that they never fired a shot at him, until he had recovered all his cattle and was retreating with them to the fort, when they gave him his wound, which we have now the pleasure to assure the public, is not dangerous. So gallant was his behavior that he never hinted his wound to his son, for fear of discouraging him, until the cattle were safe under the protection of the fort.