Spirit of War Against Indians
Document 1793Smith reports on the turmoil of the southwestern frontier whereby the Indians seem to have restrained themselves as they wait for the report from the President. The whites, however, appear to have a bloodlust against the Indians which government cannot control.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Smith reports on the turmoil of the southwestern frontier whereby the Indians seem to have restrained themselves as they wait for the report from the President. The whites, however, appear to have a bloodlust against the Indians which government cannot control.
Date
07/19/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1793071940000
Note
Cited in Knox to Smith, 08/27/1793, and Jackson Committee Report US House, 01/17/1797.
American State Papers, Senate, 3rd Congress, 1st Session. Indian Affairs: Volume 1, 463
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Daniel Smith
Indians
Lieutenant Henderson's militia
militia
Lieutenant Henderson
the whites
the enemy
Samuel Wear
party of volunteers
body of the Indians
women prisoners
women
prisoners
Lloyd
Lieutenant Colonel McNab
Beard
President
Mr. Hog
Bird
Blackburn
Governor
Captain Campbell
militia officers
General Sevier
Cherokee
mounted infantry
Governor Blount
General Robertson
Chickasaw Thompson
Chickasaw
Thompson
Captain Kerr
Captain Kerr's company
small militia guard from Mero District
the President
George Washington
Notable locations
Knoxville
Wear's Cove
town of Tallassee
Tallassee
north bank of the Tennessee
Tennessee River
Lloyd's house
Greene courthouse
Nonachuchy river
Tuckasegee River
Indian village
Pistol creek
Nine-mile Creek
Bird's Station
Campbell's station
Blackburn's plantation
Southwest Point
Cumberland
Lower Cherokee towns
Mero district
Notable items
invasion
Invasion of Indians into Wear's Cove
duty
mountain
Indian trace
horses
damage the Indians had done
killed
wounded
take command
Lloyd's house
fired at a man
small Indian village
house of Mr. Hog on Nine-mile creek
crop of corn
clothes
wash
stole
flame of the white man's passion
rendezvous
bloodshed
situation for war
spirit for war against Indians
order of Government
Governor Blount's absence
painful sensations I endure
no intelligence from General Robertson
articles of clothing
rations
exploring the country
disorderly party
influential character
love of good order
list of supplies