Talk of the Fat King to His Honor Governor Mathews of Georgia and his Council
Document 1787Have seen the talk sent by commissary Mr. Barnard. It is the whites who have forgot the talks at Shoulderbone, not the Creeks. Laments the hasty revenges taking place. Cannot be accountable for measures of Upper Towns; they can answer for themselves. Refer to promise made to southern Indian superintendent Mr. White. Make demands for satisfaction, life for life; and equal number for twelve people destroyed by whites.
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Description
Have seen the talk sent by commissary Mr. Barnard. It is the whites who have forgot the talks at Shoulderbone, not the Creeks. Laments the hasty revenges taking place. Cannot be accountable for measures of Upper Towns; they can answer for themselves. Refer to promise made to southern Indian superintendent Mr. White. Make demands for satisfaction, life for life; and equal number for twelve people destroyed by whites.
Date
07/27/1787
Recipient
Sent from
Cussetahs
Collection
Document number
1787072790000
Note
American State Papers, Indian Affairs vol 1, p 33.
Notable persons
Fat King
Mr Galphin
Alexander McGillivray
Lower Creeks
Barnard
Upper Creek
Mr. White
Notable locations
Cussetahs
Shoulderbone
Upper towns
Notable items
talks
immediate satisfaction
murder
