Little Good to the United States
Document 1793McKee reports that the Cherokee chiefs have gone to Walnut Hills where deputations from the Creeks, Chickasaws, and Choctaws have agreed to treat with the Spaniards. McKee anticipates little good to the United States from this conference because, although the Spanish government sincerely wants peace, there are other Spaniards who are secretly fomenting acts of hostility by the Indians against the United States.
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Description
McKee reports that the Cherokee chiefs have gone to Walnut Hills where deputations from the Creeks, Chickasaws, and Choctaws have agreed to treat with the Spaniards. McKee anticipates little good to the United States from this conference because, although the Spanish government sincerely wants peace, there are other Spaniards who are secretly fomenting acts of hostility by the Indians against the United States.
Date
12/05/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Oconee Mountain
Collection
Document number
1793120590000
Note
Cited in blount to Knox, 12/26/1793.
Notable persons
Governor William Blount
John McKee
perpertrators of the murder
magistrate
Edward Adair
Little Turkey
John Watts
Eskaqua
deputation
Cherokees
Creeks
Chickasaws
Choctaws
Shawanese
Spaniards
Spanish government
Notable locations
Oconee Mountain
Walnut Hills
Will's town
Lower towns
Notable items
no proof
alarm the frontiers
treaty or conference
little good to the United States
peace with their neighbnros
conference with the Spaniards
acts of hostility
propsect of safety