Dire State of Affairs on the Frontier
Document 1792Blount informs Knox of the state of affairs on the frontier which are sufficently dire to require additional militia. He is still having difficulty finding supplies for the troops who are currently supplying themselves with the promise of future compensation. Relations with the Creeks still are in flux.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Blount informs Knox of the state of affairs on the frontier which are sufficently dire to require additional militia. He is still having difficulty finding supplies for the troops who are currently supplying themselves with the promise of future compensation. Relations with the Creeks still are in flux.
Date
06/02/1792
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1792060253500
Note
Cited in Knox to Lee, 06/30/1792, and Knox to Blount, 08/15/1792.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Blount
Cherokees
General McGillivray
Creeks
two more companies of militia
contractor
troops
Mr. Allison
General Pickens
four Indians
the Bench and his party
John Thompson, the interpreter at the late treaty
Little Turkey
Mr. Seagrove
Mr. Bowles' party
Notable locations
Coyatee
Cumberland river
district of Washington
Nashville
the Tennessee
Cumberland mountain
north side of Holston
twelve miles south of Clinch
Rock Landing in Georgia
Notable items
present state of affairs with the Cherokees
minutes of the conference at Coyatee
depredation committed at Cumberland
three months tour
five companies by me ordered into actual service
protection to the frontiers
scarce season of the year
the price to which I am limited
eight cents per day in addition to his pay
great difficulty and grumbling
necessity for a contractor
price
duplicate of your letter to me of 22nd April
Indian goods
public road
clothes and powder horn
[musket] balls
no further injury
boundary
late treaty