Report of Talks with Hanging Maw of Cherokees and Plunder by John Sevier
Document 1789Reports that some Indians retreated to his plantation in South Carolina in order to escape Mr. Sevier. Martin met with Hanging Maw, Cherokee Chief and reports that he wished to settle all quarrels and will go to his nation to put a stop to war. Martin reports that later he was attacked by party of Creek Indians on his plantation in Georgia. Reports on acts of plunder by Sevier, which was allayed by interposition of General Pickens and others.
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Description
Reports that some Indians retreated to his plantation in South Carolina in order to escape Mr. Sevier. Martin met with Hanging Maw, Cherokee Chief and reports that he wished to settle all quarrels and will go to his nation to put a stop to war. Martin reports that later he was attacked by party of Creek Indians on his plantation in Georgia. Reports on acts of plunder by Sevier, which was allayed by interposition of General Pickens and others.
Date
01/15/1789
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Long Island, Holston R.
Collection
Document number
1789011540000
Note
American State Papers, Senate, 1st Congress, 1st Session. Indian Affairs: Volume 1. 46-47.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Joseph Martin
field officers
Cherokee
Indians
Sevier
chiefs
Governor of North Carolina
Major Taylor
Hanging Maw
William Elders
Creek
old women
overseer
runners
superintendent
commissioners
prisoners
General Pickens
Notable locations
Long Island
Holston River
Virginia
North Carolina
Washington district
South Carolina
Seneca
Eastewley
hunting ground
Citico
Georgia
frontier
fort
Hopewell
Keowee
fort Patrick Henry
Notable items
draughted
drafted
provision
arms
dispatches
plantation
resolves of Congress
talks
sustenance
meat
corn
distressed situation
salt
skirmish
horses
hostilities
furs
plunder
