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Indian Activity on the Southwestern Frontiers
05/23/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Blount reports on Indian activity on the southwestern frontiers, noting that the Creek-Chickasaw War is not as fierce as might be expected, owing probably to the threat of Panton to withhold arms and …
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Inability to Remedy the Lawless Violence on the Frontiers
08/27/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox regrets the failure to establish peace on the frontiers but assures Smith that he is not to blame since, despite his good intentions, he did not have the means to remedy the severe situation …
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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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I think you are afraid of those bad men.
06/15/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Upon Governor Blount's departure from the country, Hanging Maw was attacked and almost killed by some bad white men. He accuses Smith of not protecting him because he fears these men.
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I am a Keeper of Bedlam
05/18/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Creek chief McGillivray laments that the sinister machinations of the Spaniards, British, and Bowles and his partisans in tampering with the Indians has rendered the situation on the southwestern …
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Horrid Attempt to Kill Three Indians
05/24/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Blount informs Knox of the attempt near his home of three armed men to kill three Indians.
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His Warriors are Determined to Spill Human Blood
04/19/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Gaither has been informed that the Half Way king and his warriors are determined to spill human blood so he has warned the militia officers of their dangerous situation so that they can be on guard.
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Governor Blount's Letters in Hand
05/10/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
"Mr. Allison has just arrived from Governor Blount with the enclosed letters. He says he thinks the Governor may be here in about three weeks."
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Goods Needed Annually for the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians
08/01/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
"Estimate of goods necessary to be furnished the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians annually."
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General Wayne Should Abstain from Hostilities
07/10/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Commissioners Lincoln, Randolph, and Pickering stress to the President that General Wayne should remain quietly at his posts until the outcome of the negotiations with the Western Indians are fully …
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General Indian War May Be Inevitable
10/31/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Seagrove worries that unless the Governor of Georgia does something to prevent Georgians' incursions into Creek towns, a general Indian war will be inevitable. This possibility is even more likely …
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Further Light on the Conduct of the Cherokees
07/30/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Further light on the conduct of the Cherokees can be gained by contrasting the letters from General Roertson and Piamingo with the letter from Little Turkey.
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Frontiers are Infested with Indians
09/27/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Smith reports on the sufferings of the inhabitants of the southwestern frontier. He notes that the Chickasaw head-man Mountain Leader intends to visit the President. The Cherokees are committing …
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Frontier People Exasperated by the Injuries They Receive
05/28/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Blount describes the burial of a murdered Chickasaw man and reports on the general turmoil on the southwestern frontier. The white settlers constantly complain about the depredations committed by the …
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Frontier Families Are Collected at Stations
04/11/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Blount reports that frontier settlers are seeking protection at stations where they have to endure crowded and miserable living conditions.
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Forgive and Forget What Has Passed
04/17/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Blount apoligizes to the Cherokee chiefs for the death of Noon-day who was killed because he was armed and mistakenly identified as a Creek warrior. Blount hopes that this accidental death will not …
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Flagitious Acts Against Peaceable Indians
11/26/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
McKee warns that if despicable acts, such as that committed recently against a peaceable Indian, go unpunished, any attempts toward a re-establishment of peace will be in vain.
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Find out what is true and do what is right.
06/07/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
This is the memorandum of instructions given to Captain Hendricks by Colonel Pickering respecting the discourse with the hostile Indians about the treaty. Hendricks should listen to their claims …
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Fifth Annual Address to Congress by the President
12/03/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
This is President Washington's fifth annual address to the Congress of the United States, now called the "State of the Union" address. He discusses foreign relations particularly in regard to the war …
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Extremely Dangerous for Me to Go
11/18/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Because of the bloody turmoil on the southwestern frontier resulting in depredations by Georgians and Indians, McKee has been warned by traders that it would be extremely hazardous for him to proceed …
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Expedition Against the Creek Nation
07/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Pickens describes the plans for the expedition against the Creek Nation of Indians with alterations required for including the Cherokees as adversaries. There is concern regarding how to discriminate …
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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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Dispositions of the Cherokees and Creeks
03/28/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Mr. McKee has not been able to convince the Cherokee chiefs to come to Philadelphia nor was he able to obtain assurances of the peaceful disposition of the young Cherokee warriors. His report will …
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Disperse and Retire Peaceably
01/28/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
In this proclamation, Blount orders those intending to invade the Upper Cherokee towns on the Tennessee to return to their homes and leave the Indians in peace.
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