A Scalp taken from an Indian kill'd in September 1781 in Washington County near the Ohio in this State, by Adam Poe, who fought with the two Indians, and at last kill'd both

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 66r

Additional Source Text:

"It has as an ornament a white wampum bead, a finger long with a Silver Knob at the end, the rest of the hair plated and tyed with deer skin. Sent me by the President [of] the Supreme Council of this State with a written account of the affair."

Notes:

The donor was William Moore, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania 15 Nov 1781 to 7 Nov 1782.

Poe's written account of this incident is in Scraps, no. 129, in the Du Simitière Papers, Library Company of Philadelphia.