Information Respecting the Intentions of the Southern Indians

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Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Description

Carey responds to Governor Blount's inquiries regarding the violence of the southern Indians against American settlers and the possibility of an alliance between the southern and northern tribes in a general war against the United States.

Date

03/20/1793

Author

James Carey

Recipient

William Blount

Sent from

Knoxville

Collection

Printed Versions

Document number

1793032090000

Note

Cited in Blount to Knox, 03/20/1793.

Notable persons

William Blount
James Carey
Lower Cherokees
Creeks
Tuckalateague or Double Head
the Buck
Black Fish
James and Thompson Nelson
Towaka of Nickajack
the Breath's nephew
Richardson's family
Captain Overall
Bob Benge
negro
traders
Shawanese ambassadors
young warriors
the President [Washington]
Natchez warrior
Seagrove
John Watts
Northern tribes
Spaniards
Bloody Fellow
John Taylor
Fool Charles
Bold Hunter
Spanish Governor
Choctaws
Mr. McDonald
Major Adair
Grant

Notable locations

Knoxville
Cumberland
Running Water
Long Island village
Look-out Mountain
Will's town
district of Washington
the Tennessee at Coyatee
Byram's station
Clinch
Hiwasee
Hanging Maw
Toque
Chilhowee
Coosawatee
Hightower
Salicoe
Long Swamp
Newtown
Pigeon in Jefferson County
Dripping spring
Broken Arrow
Philadelphia
Estanaula
St. Mary's
New Orleans
fort St. Clair

Notable items

murders and depredations
stolen horses
hair [scalps]
war club
whiskey
war dances
horses
horse-stealing
war against the United States
attack upon Cumberland settlements
hunting grounds
foreign powers
bloodshed
robberies
war between the Creeks and the Chickasaws
British and Spanish governments