Barbarous and Treacherous Murders
Document 1793Blount reports on the murder of two peaceful Cherokees by villainous North Carolinians who tried to transfer the blame for their barbarous acts to the people of the territory south of the Ohio. It is important to note that no citizens of North Carolina have been killed by Indians since the Treaties of New York and Holston.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Blount reports on the murder of two peaceful Cherokees by villainous North Carolinians who tried to transfer the blame for their barbarous acts to the people of the territory south of the Ohio. It is important to note that no citizens of North Carolina have been killed by Indians since the Treaties of New York and Holston.
Date
12/26/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1793122640100
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Governor William Blount
Mr. McKee
Cherokees
Colonel William Davidson of Buncombe County
Captain Smith
young Mr. Davidson
Mr. Foster
woman prisoner
people of the territory south of the Ohio
guilty persons residing on the frontiers of North Carolina
Notable locations
Knoxville
frontiers of North Carolina
Notable items
killing the Indians at Swannanoe
barbarous amd treacherous murder
Treaties of New York and Holston