Victims of Savage Barbarity
Document 1791Knox deplores the unhappy fate of those who have been victims of Indian depredations and hopes that establishing strong military posts in the region will prevent such unhappy occurences in the future.
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Printed transcription/modern copy of letter
Description
Knox deplores the unhappy fate of those who have been victims of Indian depredations and hopes that establishing strong military posts in the region will prevent such unhappy occurences in the future.
Date
01/27/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1791012700000
Note
Cited in Putnam to Knox, 03/08/1791.
Notable persons
General Rufus Putnam
Henry Knox
Major Sargent
Notable locations
War Department
Muskingham
Notable items
savage barbarity
Indian depedations
strong posts
late expedition
impulse of the public mind