Blount Warning to the Cherokees
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Blount Warning to the Cherokees
Description
The address of Governor Blount to the chiefs and others of the Cherokees in which he cites a long list of depredations by the Indians on innocent whites, including women and children. He warns the chiefs that the violence must stop and the terms of the Treaty of Holston followed or the whites will retaliate with no regard for the age or sex of their victims.
year created
1792
month created
05
day created
23
author
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Enclosed in Blount to [minutes of the Conference at Coyatee], 05/99/1792.
content note
American State Papers, Indian Affairs
notable person/group
Governor William Blount
Bloody Fellow [General Eskaqua]
Nontuaka
the Old Prince
the Jobber's son
Captain George
the President [Washington]
Creeks
Secretary of War [Knox]
Estanaula
James Carey, interpreter
Badger
white people of the frontiers
prisoners
Indians
Oliver Williams
Jasen Thompson
the Badger
Mr. Thompson
Mr. McMurray
Mrs. Radcliff and three children
Benjamin Williams
Judge Campbell
three of the young Seviers
Mr. Rice
General McGillivray
your bad people
Major Craig
Breath of Nickajack
the Hanging Maw
John Watts
Capt. Chisholm
Dick Justice, of the Look-out
notable location
Coyatee
Estanaula
Philadelphia
four lower towns
Bledsoe's station
the ford of Cumberland
Nashville
Dunham's station
mouth of Stone's River
station Camp creek
Knoxville
Kentucky
Natchez
district of Washington
frontiers of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Holston
Clynch
notable item/thing
grand national council
treaty
deputies
one thousand five hundred dollars per annum
President's goodness and his love for you and your nation
your language
English
public letters and talks
goods of the first annual payment
first annual payment for your lands
proceedings at Philadelphia
four lower towns
full share
their horses, one gun and other articles
satisfaction
your public letters
treaty
two hundred horses
settlements
frost
snow on the ground
corn
plantation
depredations
restitution
militia
council at Estanaula
string of white beads
token of peace and friendship
murders and horse stealings
painted black and sprinkled over with flour
standard of the United States
champions of peace
notable phrase
What has happened since the treaty has appeared in a very bad light to the white people. With difficulty I have restrained those whose relations have been killed or scalped or made prisoners, and those whose horses have been stolen, from falling on the Indians, without regard to age or sex, and taking instantly what they termed satisfaction.
document number
1792052390000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: American State Papers, Indian Aff. | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Blount | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Chiefs & Warriors of the Cherokee Nation | [unknown] | [n/a] |