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About 2 miles northeast stood James Gillespy's Fort, attacked on Oct. 13, 1788, by 300 Indians under John Watts, the half breed. The defenders held out until ammunition was exhausted. Twenty-eight were taken prisoner; seventeen were slaughtered and their bodies burned. Thereafter the locality was called the Burnt Station.
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