Punishing the Persons Guilty of this Base Act
Document 1792William Blount describes for Knox various incidents on the frontier in which Indians have murdered innocent Americans and in which Americans fired at an innocent Indian. In response, he has called up three companies of militia to protect the frontier.
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Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
William Blount describes for Knox various incidents on the frontier in which Indians have murdered innocent Americans and in which Americans fired at an innocent Indian. In response, he has called up three companies of militia to protect the frontier.
Date
04/21/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1792042153500
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Blount
Mr. Shaw with the Bloody fellow and the other Cherokees
three Chicasaws on their way to the President
fellow named Confidant of the Mountain Leader
Thompson, a half breed, the interpreter
young fellow accompanied by a son of General Robertson
Creeks
wife and three children of Harper Ratcliff
the Bench by birth a Cherokee
Northern Indians
three companies of the militia
an Indian passing peaceably among the settlers on French Broad
two sons of James Hubbard
Tennessee company
the wounded Indian
an innocent person
John Watts
Shawanese
Notable locations
Knoxville
Knoxville
Philadelphia
Hawkins County near the Virginia line in Stanley Valley
French Broad
Muscle Shoal
Notable items
kindness and civility
observations and threats of fooling unthinking people
valuable presents from the United States
fourth attempt they have made
my plan for a treaty
protection of the frontiers of Cumberland
one [musket] ball
slight wound
this base act
presents equal to his sufferings
retaliation
visit to the lower towns
their recent hostilities
treaty
determination for peace