Additional Hostilities Against the United States, Etc.
Document 1793Blount has received additional evidence of the intentions of the Creeks to commit hostilities against the United States. McKee and Watts are to attend a council in which McKee is to represent the interests of the U.S. The mounted infantry ordered to provide relief to the Mero Distrct has not demonstrated the readiness that would have been expected.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Blount has received additional evidence of the intentions of the Creeks to commit hostilities against the United States. McKee and Watts are to attend a council in which McKee is to represent the interests of the U.S. The mounted infantry ordered to provide relief to the Mero Distrct has not demonstrated the readiness that would have been expected.
Date
04/25/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1793042540000
Note
Cited in Knox to Lear, 05/18/1793.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Blount
the Glass, a Cherokee chief
Edward Adair
the Creeks
Mr. McKee
[John] Watts
mounted infantry
Notable locations
Knoxville
Cumberland
district of Washington
South West Point
Notable items
enclosed extracts
hostilities
disagreeable information
council
interest of the United States
relief of Mero District
readiness