I am a Keeper of Bedlam
Document 1793Creek chief McGillivray laments that the sinister machinations of the Spaniards, British, and Bowles and his partisans in tampering with the Indians has rendered the situation on the southwestern frontier a Bedlam of distractions.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Creek chief McGillivray laments that the sinister machinations of the Spaniards, British, and Bowles and his partisans in tampering with the Indians has rendered the situation on the southwestern frontier a Bedlam of distractions.
Date
05/18/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Upper Creeks, Little Tallassee
Collection
Document number
1793051890000
Note
Enclosed in Seagrove to Knox, 06/14/1792.
Notable persons
James Seagrove
Alexander McGillivray
lower gentry
Spaniards
Spanish officer
Americans
Bowles' partisans
Cussetah chiefs
Randall
Secretary of War [Knox]
good people of Augusta
Notable locations
Upper Creeks, Little Tallassee
Pensacola
east side of Oconee
Notable items
national matters
confusion
talks of the lying Captain [Bowles]
British fleets
running the [boundary] line
giving away land
keeper of Bedlam
most pressing language
British aid
disputes
horrid consequences
diabolical war
newspaper
Spanish talks
letters to and from General Knox