Report on the Southwestern Frontier and the Creek Indians
Document 1793Report relative to the Southwestern frontiers of the United States, as connected with the State of Georgia and the Creek Indians, and the territory of the United States South of the Ohio and the Cherokee Indians.Knox believes that, with the exception of a few lawless banditti Indians, the Creeks are amenable to a peaceful settlement and if the depredations of several lawless whites can be inhibited, peace on the southwestern frontier can be achieved.
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Report relative to the Southwestern frontiers of the United States, as connected with the State of Georgia and the Creek Indians, and the territory of the United States South of the Ohio and the Cherokee Indians.Knox believes that, with the exception of a few lawless banditti Indians, the Creeks are amenable to a peaceful settlement and if the depredations of several lawless whites can be inhibited, peace on the southwestern frontier can be achieved.
Date
12/16/1793
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1793121600100
Note
Enclosed in Knox to Adams, 12/16/1793.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
George Washington
Creek Indians
Cherokee Indians
James Seagrove
Seminoles
Governor of Georgia [Telfair]
militia
horse [cavalry]
foot [infantry]
exposed inhabitants
continental troops
Governor of South Carolina [Moultrie]
volunteers
General Twiggs
women and children prisoners
the White Lieutenant
Indian banditti
Major Gaither
Constant Freeman
Notable locations
Southwestern frontiers of the United States
State of Georgia
Lower and Upper Creek towns
store upon the St. Mary's river
Oakmulgee
Oconee
Chatahoochee River
the Little Oakfuskee
Notable items
treaty of New York
want of corn and clothing
gratitude for kindness [the Creeks] received
general alarm on the frontiers of Georgia
pending treaty with the Northern Indians
offensive expeditions into Creek Country
depredations
hostility
serious invasion of Georgia
provisions of the Constitution
magazine
ammunition
peace with the United States
punishment of the banditti Indians
violent threats of a number of lawless whites
national consideration of great magnitude