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Facts and Events
References
- BRECKENRIDGE, JAMES (1754-1848)
James Breckenridge and Jane (Mahan) Breckenridge
Draper MSS, 11CC28.--James Breckinridge and his wife (Jane Mahan Breckinridge ) in their interview with Rev. John D Shane, said that Bird was "an inhuman wretch" who gave them for rations only a pint of musty flour which sometimes turned green, though he had ample supply. When George Girty killed some deer and brought it in, Bird purchased it for himself and his officers, but gave none to the prisoners. According to the Breckenridges, thereupon, Girty cursed Bird "as being meaner than any Indian, having plenty of rations and carrying his prisoners back to starve without them." They declared that the British officer at Detroit was very much displeased and talked of breaking Bird's commission
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