Postponing a War with the Creek Nation
Document 1793Blount and Pickens suggest sending a trader with knowledge of Indian affairs into Creek Country with presents for the Chiefs as a method of postponing a war with that Nation.
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Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Blount and Pickens suggest sending a trader with knowledge of Indian affairs into Creek Country with presents for the Chiefs as a method of postponing a war with that Nation.
Date
08/06/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1793080640000
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Blount
Andrew Pickens
person of address and knowledge of Indian affairs
trader supplied with light articles
Notable locations
Philadelphia
country and towns of the Upper Creeks
presents to the Chiefs
Notable items
fewer murders and robberies
war with that Nation
postponing a war