Treaty Violated
Document 1792Admits President failed to meet promises he made to Cherokees by keeping settlers from encroaching on Cherokee land but denied any settlement happened after the treaty was signed. Advised that Bloody Fellow keep Cherokees from entering Cumberland and Blount will keep white settlers from moving farther west. Discussed seizure of horses by Cherokees and rights to ownership. Mentioned talks with Spaniards.
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Printed Document
Description
Admits President failed to meet promises he made to Cherokees by keeping settlers from encroaching on Cherokee land but denied any settlement happened after the treaty was signed. Advised that Bloody Fellow keep Cherokees from entering Cumberland and Blount will keep white settlers from moving farther west. Discussed seizure of horses by Cherokees and rights to ownership. Mentioned talks with Spaniards.
Date
09/13/1792
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1792091390000
Note
Enclosed in Blount to Knox, 09/15/1792. Cited in Blount to Knox, 11/08/1792.
Notable persons
Bloody Fellow
William Blount
Chief
Cherokee
Creeks
Chocktaw
Chickasaw
Spaniards
Spanish
Indians
Indian Nation
white people
settlers
prisoners
party
White Man-killer
John Watts
Notable locations
Cumberland
settlement
towns
land
territory
frontier
five lower towns
block house
Philadelphia
Nashville
Notable items
Horses
treaty