Conference of the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation with the Secretary of War
Document 1792[A journal of a Conference of the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation with the Secretary of War.] This is the transcript of Knox's meeting with the Cherokee chiefs who came to Philadelphia with a series of demands, particularly regarding white intruders in their territory and increased annuities for ceded lands.
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[A journal of a Conference of the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation with the Secretary of War.] This is the transcript of Knox's meeting with the Cherokee chiefs who came to Philadelphia with a series of demands, particularly regarding white intruders in their territory and increased annuities for ceded lands.
Date
01/17/1792
Author
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1792011700100
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Governor Pinckney
General Pickens
Cherokee Chiefs and warriors
Bloody Fellow
King Fisher
Disturber
the Prince
George Miller
James Carey, interpreter
President [Washington]
Secretary of War
Colonel Thomas Procter
Constant Freeman
Colonel Martin
Nontuaka [Northward]
Governor [William] Blount
Congress
John Watts
Mr. [Alexander] McGillivray
the Old Corn Tassel [Indian name]
North Carolinians
the English
the French
Chinabee, the chief of the Natchez
Creek nation
Chenowie
young warriors
Notable locations
War Department
Charleston, South Carolina
Philadelphia
Estanaloee (on the waters of the Mobile
North Carolina
lands at the Muscle Shoals
State of Georgia
Nine mile creek
Little river
waters of the Tennessee
long island of Holston
Tatokie, or the Town of Springs
Chickamaga
New York
Bear Creek
Notable items
two silver medals
monuments of friendship to their nation
further effusion of blood
protection of the United States
sale of lands
boundary
encroachments
Bowles' arrival
string of beads from them [Creeks] in token of their friendship
single string of white wampum
justice to both white and red people
General Washington's words
shedding the blood of our elder brothers
peace and friendship
treaty with Governor Blount
Senate of the United States
law of the land
map
little money given for so much land
ploughs, hoes, cattle, and other things for a farm
game is scarce
corn
eyes full of tears
future welfare under the protection of Congress
settlement at the Muscle Shoals