A narrative of the life & travels of John Robert Shaw, the well-digger, now resident in Lexington, Kentucky . ^ put under arrest. Buthow matters were compromised among the officerswas never known by the private soldiers. While we at Ftrt Mlntosh, genenil orderswa-e given, that no soldier should have liberty to f^TC^^^^^^:^. i:«i. K- 11 / ?it *ltfe .|!!l Piiiy ^ . [ 97 ] buy spiritiion?] liquors withcut a permit in writingfirst obtained froiji a officer. A-grccabl}^ to these orders, a ceitaiii corporal Carnc}one day madeaj^plication to his lieutenant for liber-ty to buy a q
A narrative of the life & travels of John Robert Shaw, the well-digger, now resident in Lexington, Kentucky . ^ put under arrest. Buthow matters were compromised among the officerswas never known by the private soldiers. While we at Ftrt Mlntosh, genenil orderswa-e given, that no soldier should have liberty to f^TC^^^^^^:^. i:«i. K- 11 / ?it *ltfe .|!!l Piiiy ^ . [ 97 ] buy spiritiion?] liquors withcut a permit in writingfirst obtained froiji a officer. A-grccabl}^ to these orders, a ceitaiii corporal Carnc}one day madeaj^plication to his lieutenant for liber-ty to buy a quart of rum. Ihis unfeeling officer,having a black thoni stick in liis hand, made nomore to Cio, but knocked out the poor corporalsbrains ; and the cor:se(:<lieDce was, that the lieu-teunnt wasput under arrest, and sent up to Fort Pittto be trid lor Avilful murder. But he Mas libera-ted and sufFcrcd to i un at large, by reason of theregiments being disbanded, in consequence ofthe time for as hjich Avere enlisted being ex-pired ; so lliat there \. as no court martial to try him,and what became of him afterwards I know not. During my stay there, every exertion was m^ my recover}-, irnd on ijie 19th day of August1785, at my request I was discharged with twoothers, viz. John Hairisand Ihomas Parks as un-fi
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