Peace with the Cherokees
Document 1793Despite beligerent acts by the Cherokees, including the capture and release of Captain Handley, Blount believes peace with that Nation is at hand.
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Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Despite beligerent acts by the Cherokees, including the capture and release of Captain Handley, Blount believes peace with that Nation is at hand.
Date
01/24/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1793012440100
Note
Cited in Knox to Lear, 02/28/1793.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Blount
Captain Handley
Upper Creeks
Cumberland settlers
Cherokees
Northward [Indians]
Middle Striker
Warriors
[John] Watts
Hanging Maw
Arthur Coody, Interpreter at the Treaty of Hopewell
British interpreter
John Thompson
Notable locations
Knoxville
Cumberland Mountain
District of Mero
Notable items
minutes of a conversation
strength and disposition of the five lower towns of the Cherokees
defense of the frontiers
Treaty of Holston
Council at Will's Town
most brotherly manner
four covers
blanket
pair of leggings
flap & binding
most sanguine hopes
peace with the Cherokees