Expulsion of William Bowles
Document 1792Knox informs McGillivray that the expulsion of William Bowles is not only essential to peace among the southern Indians but necessary for McGillivray's continuance as a Creek headman. The laying of the boundary line as delineated in the Treaty of New York must continue and US troops will help with that project as needed. It is hoped that the southern tribes will join the US in the next campaign against the northern Indians.
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Knox informs McGillivray that the expulsion of William Bowles is not only essential to peace among the southern Indians but necessary for McGillivray's continuance as a Creek headman. The laying of the boundary line as delineated in the Treaty of New York must continue and US troops will help with that project as needed. It is hoped that the southern tribes will join the US in the next campaign against the northern Indians.
Date
02/17/1792
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1792021700000
Notable persons
Alexander McGillivray
Henry Knox
Lieutenant Heth
Creek nation
[William Augustus] Bowles
Indians
Mr. Hammond, the British minister to the United States
Secretary of State
Captain Roberts' and Captain Mills' companies of the second regiment
Mr. Seagrove
President [Washington]
General Government
troops of the United States
Mr. Ellicott, the surveyor
Governor of Georgia
Wabash Indians
Creek warriors
people of Kentucky
Cherokees
Chickasaws
Choctaws
Piamingo, the mountain leader of the Chickasaws
Governor Blount
Bloody Fellow, and five other chiefs and warriors
Mr. Leonard Shaw
Notable locations
Pensacola
New Orleans
Tallassee
Rock Landing
New York
the Tennessee River
the Ohio
Fort Washington
Kentucky
Little Tallassee
Cherokee country
Notable items
imposter
least countenance or support to Bowles
bold adventurer
convalescents
treaty with the United States
disturbances excited by Bowles
amiable manners of Mr. Seagrove
measures for the restoration of peace and good order
goods and money
proper distribution of these articles
judicious arguments impressed on the Indians
expulsion of Bowles
running of the [boundary] line agreeable to the treaty
departure from that line
ruinous consequences of a deliberate and wanton breach of the treaty
your reputation
disaster of the troops northwest of the Ohio
blood spilt on this occasion
war
a more adequate force
offensive measures
murders
measures for coercion
your kindness
entire reliance upon your activity