Avoiding a General Indian War
Document 1794Discusses how a proposed move against "the more Western tribes" might provoke the Six Nations; notes that these factors, in addition to "precarious" relations with the Creeks, could well bring on a general Indian war. Mentions ongoing negotiations with European nations whose colonies border the U.S., saying that urgent reasons should be sought after to "embarrass or embroil" [whom is unclear], thus to press the rights of the U.S.
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Letter Signed
Description
Discusses how a proposed move against "the more Western tribes" might provoke the Six Nations; notes that these factors, in addition to "precarious" relations with the Creeks, could well bring on a general Indian war. Mentions ongoing negotiations with European nations whose colonies border the U.S., saying that urgent reasons should be sought after to "embarrass or embroil" [whom is unclear], thus to press the rights of the U.S.
Date
06/14/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1794061400001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Knox to Mifflin, 06/21/1794
Notable persons
Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania
Henry Knox
the President [Washington]
more western tribes
foreign nations in the neighborhood of the United States
Six Nations
Indians
Creeks
European Nations
George Washington
Notable locations
War Department
Europe
Notable items
peace with the Six Nations
hostilities with those Nations
serious evil
campaign
precarious situation of our affairs with the Creek Indians
general Indian war
particular caution
negotiations
To bring on hostilities with those Nations would be at any time a serious evil, considered in reference to the operations we are carrying on against