Pernicious Counsels of Mr. Bowles

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Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Description

Governor Blount creates for General McGillivray a long list of murders, horse stealings and other depredations by the southern Indians, particulary the Creeks and Cherokees. He has been informed that William Bowles may be the mastermind behind these atrocities.

Date

05/17/1792

Sent from

Knoxville

Document number

1792051790000

Notable persons

Alexander McGillivray
William Blount
eight Creeks whom he saw
Mr. Bowles
Oliver Williams
Jason Thompson
Indians
a young Cherokee of veracity
Mrs. Caffray
Miss Thompson's father
Cherokee chiefs
Little Turkey
citizens of the United States
Mr. Bowles
Captain John Chisholm
white people
Cherokees of the lower towns
Mr. McMurray
Mrs. Radcliff and three children
Benjamin Williams and family
Judge Campbell
three of the young Seviers
Mr. Rose
Oakjoys
Francis Willis
their captors

Notable locations

Knoxville
Bledsoe's station
ford of Cumberland river
Cherokee country
north of the Tennessee
Cumberland road
Nashville
Chickasaw country
Georgia
the frontiers
Brown's station
Dunham's station
mouth of Stone's river
Cumberland settlement
Station Camp creek
the trace from Kentucky to Cumberland
Natchez

Notable items

murders and horse stealings
Pernicious counsels of Mr. Bowles
their horse, one gun, and other articles
frost
snow
an iron grey [horse] branded on the rising shoulder ID
a bay, branded with Spanish brands
sufficient evidence
prisoners two women and a child
prisoners in possession of the Creeks
disorders of the Creeks
villainy of Mr. Bowles
horrid acts
disagreeable subject of horse stealing
strict observers of the Creek and Cherokee treaties
your influence and authority
friendly correspondence
order on the frontiers
houses, corn, etc.
briars
thighs