Implementation of the Treaty
Document 1791Knox disccusses the implementation of the recent treaty with the Creek Indians and warns General McGillivray against taking revenge against the whites who murdered a Cussetah Indian. He emphasizes that the Creeks should return all prisoners and should appoint three chiefs to supervise the running of the boundary lines.
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Knox disccusses the implementation of the recent treaty with the Creek Indians and warns General McGillivray against taking revenge against the whites who murdered a Cussetah Indian. He emphasizes that the Creeks should return all prisoners and should appoint three chiefs to supervise the running of the boundary lines.
Date
05/31/1791
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Recipient
Collection
Document number
1791053100100
Note
Cited in Knox to McGillivray, 09/08/1791.
Notable persons
Alexander McGillivray
Henry Knox
Mr. Swan
Ensign John Heth
. lawless whites
judges and executioners in their own cause
President [Washington]
whites
negroes
able and impartial surveyor
three discreet chiefs
Major Call
Governor of Georgia [Telfair]
three surveyors of their State [Georgia]
Notable items
treaty between the United States and the Creek Nation
[Treaty of New York]
principles of mutual advantage
harmony
murder of Cussetah
revenge
political evils
mischiefs committed by whites
complaint
injury
arrangements for peace
pacification and friendship
purity, humanity, and justice
General Government
violation of the treaty
germ productive of abundant evil
boundary