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Letter, Thos. [Thomas] Freeman, Natchitoches, to Governor Claiborne, relates how the President of the United States appointed him to conduct a scientific expedition in the Louisiana Territory up the Red River, how 800 miles up the Red River his party was charged by a Spanish force, how the commander of the Spanish detachment ordered him back to Natchitoches, and how the same party cut down the American flag at an Indian village.
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  • Doc Number: 208
  • Administration: William C. Claiborne
  • Date(s): 1806-08-20
  • Description: Letter, Thos. [Thomas] Freeman, Natchitoches, to Governor Claiborne, relates how the President of the United States appointed him to conduct a scientific expedition in the Louisiana Territory up the Red River, how 800 miles up the Red River his party was charged by a Spanish force, how the commander of the Spanish detachment ordered him back to Natchitoches, and how the same party cut down the American flag at an Indian village.
  • Call Number: Series 0488
  • Filename: 488-0208-04.tif