Details of Reconnaissance Mission on Savage Indians
Document 1792Wilkinson gave detailed account of intelligence mission to determine path of savage Indians who previously assaulted garrison of Fort Hamilton. Safety of roads to frontier posts and transportation of materials compromised by savages.
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Fort Hamilton Octr 6 1793
11 O'Clock at [undecipherable]
Sir
[Pursuant?] to the post on the dawn of [yesterday] morning
only being attacked by the Indians and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[Sergeant?] appointed to the [charge?] of it was killed — they left with them and
— by [the?] [hostile?] Indians apparently [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] by the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] from the [enemy?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
and [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
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[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
one mile to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
laying on the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
he has been [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
the [town?] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
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**Note:** This document is severely degraded and the handwriting is largely illegible at the resolution provided. The header indicating Fort Hamilton and the date October 6, 1793 are readable, as is the notation "[Copy]" in the upper left. The body appears to describe an Indian attack on a post at dawn, with at least one Sergeant killed. Beyond these elements, confident transcription is not possible from this image.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Wilkinson gave detailed account of intelligence mission to determine path of savage Indians who previously assaulted garrison of Fort Hamilton. Safety of roads to frontier posts and transportation of materials compromised by savages.
Date
11/06/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Hamilton
Repository
Collection
Document number
1792110640001
Note
Enclosed in Knox to US Senate, 12/19/1792. Cited in Knox to Wayne, 12/22/1792.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
James Wilkinson
Major Adams
savages
Indians
rifle corps
enemy
Commandant
Kentucky Mounted Infantry
Notable locations
Fort Hamilton
river
Fort McClain
encampment
garrison
post
frontier
Notable items
rifles
pack horses
forage
transportation of materials to post
safety of roads

