War Between the Chickasaws and Creeks
Document 1793Following the brutal murder of a Chickasaw brave by a party of Creeks, Blount assesses the potential for war between the two southern tribes.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Following the brutal murder of a Chickasaw brave by a party of Creeks, Blount assesses the potential for war between the two southern tribes.
Date
03/23/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1793032340000
Note
Cited in Knox to Blount, 05/14/1793.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Blount
James Donelson
General Robertson
Chiefs of the Chickasaw Nation
Tatholah
Mountain Leader
forty warriors
Bloody Fellow [John Taylor]
Bold Hunter
Notable locations
Knoxville
Cumberland
Mero District
Bledsoe Station
Orleans
Chickasaw Bluff on the Mississippi
the Tennessee
the Ohio
Philadelphia
Notable items
waters of that river
list of murders and depredations
horses
war against the Creeks
my house
national council
insult to the Nation
persuasion and threats
declaration of war
peace and friendship
personal interview with the President [Washington]
state of Indian affairs