Indian Alliance Against the Americans
Document 1792In his deposition to James Robertson, Daniel Thornbury describes, among other events, the attempt by the Creeks to form an alliance with the Chickasaws and Choctaws to fight the Americans.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
In his deposition to James Robertson, Daniel Thornbury describes, among other events, the attempt by the Creeks to form an alliance with the Chickasaws and Choctaws to fight the Americans.
Date
04/10/1792
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1792041090000
Notable persons
Daniel Thornbury [Thornberry]
Dr. Waters
Bryant
Cherokees
women and children
Indians
Double-head or Tucalatague
Curtis
Barcelo, a French trader
boatmen
Creek Indians
Chickasaw and Choctaw nations
James Robertson
Notable locations
L'Ance la Grace, now New Madrid
island in the Mississippi
Cumberland Settlement
Tennessee River
Cumberland River
Clarksville
mouth of the Red River
Notable items
last winter
five canoes of Cherokees
clothes
hat, coat, and a pair of boots
mischief
scalps
American boats
war against the Americans
the Creek tongue
English [language]
open war
treaty of Holston
written permit to hunt on the waters of Cumberland