Overtures of Peace with Indians
Document 1792Discussed outcome of talk with President regarding land rights and white settlers. Laid blame on white man, not on Creeks for the "effusion of blood" as the settlers were encroaching on Indian land. Hopes for peace and control of "bad people". Discussed settlement of cost for lost horses.
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Discussed outcome of talk with President regarding land rights and white settlers. Laid blame on white man, not on Creeks for the "effusion of blood" as the settlers were encroaching on Indian land. Hopes for peace and control of "bad people". Discussed settlement of cost for lost horses.
Date
09/10/1792
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1792091090000
Note
Cited in Blount to Knox, 11/08/1792, and enclosed in Blount to Knox, 09/15/1792.
Notable persons
William Blount
Bloody Fellow
The Glass
warriors
brother
friends
governor
Creek
Indians
Indian Nation
head men
President
Spaniards
Spanish
Hanging Maw
Notable locations
Look-out Mountain
frontier
territory
Hanging Maw
land
towns
Notable items
horses