Deplorable Situation of the Cherokees
Document 1789Knox addresses the current situation pertaining to the Cherokee nation. He estimates the number of Cherokee warriors between 2,000 and 2,650. He observes that the Treaty of Hopewell "has been entirely disregarded by the white people inhabiting the frontiers." This is the third report in a four part series of briefs regarding Indian Affairs that Knox sent to the President.
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Knox addresses the current situation pertaining to the Cherokee nation. He estimates the number of Cherokee warriors between 2,000 and 2,650. He observes that the Treaty of Hopewell "has been entirely disregarded by the white people inhabiting the frontiers." This is the third report in a four part series of briefs regarding Indian Affairs that Knox sent to the President.
Date
07/07/1789
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1789070700000
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Notable persons
George Washington
Henry Knox
Cherokee
Indian Nation
warriors
inhabitants
President
Colonel Joseph Martin, late Agent to the Cherokees and Chickasaws
Congress
Richard Winn
superintendent
Chickasaw
Commissioners appointed by North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Notable locations
War Office
frontier
territory
Indian lands
headwaters of the Tennessee
the Ohio
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
the Keowee
Upper War-ford on French broad river
State of Franklin
Notable items
Treaty of Hopewell
hunting grounds
peace
war
hostilities
land rights
boundary disputes
Indian relations
council
Indian Affairs
negotiations
depredations committed on [the Indians]