[By the United States in Congress Assembled] Resolve to Protect Cherokees
Document 1788Resolution of Congress that ordered Secretary of War to assemble troops to march from Ohio for the protection of the Cherokee Indians. Troops are meant to keep peace between whites and Indians and disperse those settled on Indian hunting grounds.
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[Chpter of Congress
4 Submitted 3d Augt 88.]
(Copy.)
Type
Document Signed
Description
Resolution of Congress that ordered Secretary of War to assemble troops to march from Ohio for the protection of the Cherokee Indians. Troops are meant to keep peace between whites and Indians and disperse those settled on Indian hunting grounds.
Date
09/01/1788
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1788090100001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Charles Thompson
Cherokees
Indian Nation
Agent
troops
whites
inhabitants
settlers
Cherokee
Indians
Notable locations
Ohio
river
frontier
land
territory
Indian land
hunting grounds
Virginia
North Carolina
Cherokee towns
Notable items
proclamation
possessions
treaty