Secretary Smith

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  Let us punish them for you.

  06/17/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Smith urges Cherokee chief Watts to forego taking satisfaction against the white men who committed the base act against his people. The President can be relied upon to punish them instead.

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  Intelligence from the Lower Towns

  06/17/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Smith has written letters to John Watts, Double-head, the Hanging Maw, and Edward Adair and asks Major King to obtain whatever intelligence he can from the Lower towns respecting what they intend to …

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  Indians must refrain from acts of violence.

  06/20/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Smith is pleased by the pacific acts of the Cherokees but warns them against hostile acts against whites, such as stealing horses or killing them, that will provoke them to commit similar acts …

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  I want to redress your wrongs.

  06/17/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Smith assures Double-head that the wrongs committed against the Cherokees will be redressed if they will only delay seeking satisfaction themselves.

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  Don't join the Creeks in the unprovoked war.

  06/13/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Despite the unprovoked attack on the friendly Indians at the Hanging Maw's, Smith entreats the Cherokee Chiefs to forego the violence exhibited by the Creeks and accept the invitation of the President …

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  Do not suffer bad men to injure whites or steal their horses.

  06/20/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Smith warns the Cherokees not to hinder the President's attempts to redress the wrongs committed against them by allowing bad men of their nation to kill whites or steal their horses.

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  An Action that May Involve the Nation in Ruin

  06/17/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Smith worries that the attack on the Hanging Maw's house may incite the Cherokee nation to seek satisfaction before they hear from the President.

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  Report on Invasion of Cherokee of Frontier

  09/27/1797 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Smith recounted invasion of frontier settlement, Knoxville, by Cherokee Indians. Many were killed and Smith believed that much more suffering is in store for the settlers of the Northwest due to the …