Punish Them in the Severest Manner
Document 1793Governor Blount provides General Robertson with his orders regarding the military prevention of incursions into peaceful settlements by hostile Cherokees and Creeks.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Governor Blount provides General Robertson with his orders regarding the military prevention of incursions into peaceful settlements by hostile Cherokees and Creeks.
Date
03/28/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1793032890200
Note
Cited in Blount to Knox, 05/09/1793.
Notable persons
General Robertson
William Blount
James Donelson
James Carey
the President [Washington]
company of mounted cavalry
infantry
commissioned officers
enemies
women and children
incursive parties
Lower Cherokees
John McKee
Watts
Talotiske
young warriors
small parties of Creeks
Notable locations
Cumberland mountain
the Tennessee
Southwest Point
Caney Fork
Philadelphia
General Smith
Chatooga
Notable items
talk of the Chickasaws
hostile disposition of the Creeks and Cherokees
danger
Indian paths
settlements
principal camps
lands of the United States
firelock
incursions
protection of the frontiers
no assurances of peace
scalps of the people killed
business of killing the people of the United States
certainty of war with the Chickasaws and Creeks
corn