Intimidate the Indians as well as Kill Them
Document 1793Blount discusses the measures he has taken to prevent further depredations by parties of marauding Creek Indians. The Cherokee chiefs have announced their peaceful disposition and the Chickasaws, having joined in the war against the Creeks, are not joined by the Choctaws who fear the loss of Spanish trade if they do not remain neutral.
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Blount discusses the measures he has taken to prevent further depredations by parties of marauding Creek Indians. The Cherokee chiefs have announced their peaceful disposition and the Chickasaws, having joined in the war against the Creeks, are not joined by the Choctaws who fear the loss of Spanish trade if they do not remain neutral.
Date
06/04/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1793060440000
Note
Cited in Knox to Washington, 07/16/1793.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Blount
Major Beard
mounted infantry
horsemen
General Robertson
Moses Brown
McMullen
Chickasaws
Choctaws
Spaniards
Mr. Woodward
Cherokee Chiefs
white people
Thomas and James Gillum
murderers
David Stockton
David Loveless
Ephraim Carter
Notable locations
Knoxville
frontiers
High-tower
southern Cherokee towns
Tugelo
Keowee
Holmark's station on Bull Run
Notable items
tour of duty
relief of the district of Mero (Cumberland)
camps formed by Creeks
cotton manufactury
trade
extract from Glass's
peaceful disposition of their own nations
hostile disposition of the Creeks
war against the frontiers of South Carolina and Georgia
murder of John Morris
evidence against Clement and Stickley
innocence