Campaign against Creeks and Cherokees
Document 1794General Robertson informs Major Ore that he is to defend the district of Mero against a large party of Creeks and Cherokees of the Lower towns. Ordered to "destroy the Lower Cherokee towns... taking care to spare women and children, and to treat all prisoners, who may fall into your hands, with humanity, and thereby teach those savages to spare the citizens of the United States, under similar circumstances."
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Printed Document
Description
General Robertson informs Major Ore that he is to defend the district of Mero against a large party of Creeks and Cherokees of the Lower towns. Ordered to "destroy the Lower Cherokee towns... taking care to spare women and children, and to treat all prisoners, who may fall into your hands, with humanity, and thereby teach those savages to spare the citizens of the United States, under similar circumstances."
Date
09/06/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Nashville
Collection
Document number
1794090690000
Note
Enclosed in Knox to US Congress, 12/19/1794, and McHenry to US House, 04/05/1798. Cited in Robertson to Blount, 10/08/1794.
Notable persons
Major Ore
General Robertson
Indians
Creeks
Cherokees
Brown
Taylor
women
children
prisoners
savages
Notable locations
Nashville
District of Mero
Tennessee
Notable items
blockhouse
trails
frontier
horses