Pennsylvania Indian Traders:John Burt

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Documentation

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Pennsylvania Indian Traders

Indian Trading Posts of Pennsylvania

Based on The Early Traders of Conestoga, Donegal, and Paxtang, in Hanna, 1911, The Wilderness Trail

Pennsylvania Indian Traders:The Setting

Pennsylvania Indian Traders:Earliest Pennsylvania Traders

Pennsylvania Indian Traders:List of Sketches

Pennsylvania Indian Traders:1718 Tax Assessment

Pennsylvania Indian Traders:License Lists

Pennsylvania Indian Traders:Trading Paths

USGENWEB

Sketch

John Burt traded with the Indians of Conestoga before 1723. In that year he was licensed by the Governor. Later, he removed up the river to "Snaketown on the Susquehannah," where he established a trading post. This town was probably above Swatara Creek. In September, 1727, a number of drunken Indians, of the Minsi tribe, made an attack on Burt, who, after supplying them with rum, had foolishly insulted them. He escaped; but another man at the post, named Thomas Wright, was pursued and killed by the Indians. Burt fled from his trading post on the Susquehanna, and afterwards is said to have removed westward.