Instructions Regarding Willet's Mission to the Creek Nation
Document 1790Knox informs Colonel Marinus Willet of his instructions for meeting with the Creek Nation of Indians and their leader, Alexander McGillivray. His primary mission is to prevent a war and to encourage McGillivray and other Creek chiefs to travel to New York for treaty talks.
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Letter Signed
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Knox informs Colonel Marinus Willet of his instructions for meeting with the Creek Nation of Indians and their leader, Alexander McGillivray. His primary mission is to prevent a war and to encourage McGillivray and other Creek chiefs to travel to New York for treaty talks.
Date
03/12/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1790031200001
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Notable persons
Marinus Willet
Henry Knox
Creek Nation of Indians
Alexander McGillivray
southern Indians
Benjamin Hawkins
incursive parties of the Creeks
Upper Creeks
Major Doughty
legislature of Georgia
Cowetas and Cusitahs of the lower Creeks
Notable locations
War Office
Georgia
New York
South Carolina
Charleston
West Point
frontiers
Muscle Shoals on the Tennesse River
country of the Chickasaws
Notable items
peace with Great Britain
war with said Creeks
[Treaty of New York]
solemn embassy
civility
friendship
principles of justice and humanity
knowledge of the human character
strong predjudices
hostility against the frontiers
passport of the President of the United States [Washington]
by land instead of water
your compensation for this service
mortality
resonable expenses of the Indians
travelling expenses
McMurray's maps of the United States
embarkation for Georgia
peace
temper of the Chickasaws and Choctaws