Indian Provocations and Hostilities

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Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Description

Despite hopes for peace, Governor William Blount of Southwest Territory sends Knox a letter describing the murder of two young boys by Indians and an extract from General Pickens referring to murders and horse stealing by young Indian warriors that are provoking the frontier settlers. Blount believes that the murder of the boys was by southern Indians since northern tribes rarely venture so far south.

Date

05/16/1792

Author

William Blount

Recipient

Henry Knox

Collection

Printed Versions

Document number

1792051653500

Note

Cited in Knox to Lee, 06/25/1792, Knox to Lear, 06/28/1792, and Knox to Blount, 08/15/1792. WD: AGO, Old Records Div., Statement of Troops, 1792-1796: C

Notable persons

Henry Knox
William Blount
Indians, six in number
Mr. Cole, one of the guard
two boys
Mr. Wells
Cherokees
Creeks
Northern tribes
General Pickens
inhabitants of this state
frontier inhabitants
more active young men

Notable locations

mouth of the Duck
Bear creek
Nashville
Mr. Wells' in Hinds' Valley
Campbell's station
north side of Holston
place where the boys were killed
frontiers of this state

Notable items

objections you offer
a post at the mouth of the Duck
jealousy or suspicions of the Indians
goods
business with [the Indians]
further accounts of murders or horse stealing
mischief
immediate notice
settlements
strawberries
near their father's door
suspicion falls on the Cherokees or Creeks
extract of a letter from General Pickens
the late treaty
horses
ostensible ruling part of a nation
peace
open war
enemy