Letter to the Governor of Southwest Territory
Document 1794Letter from Double Head of an Indian tribe in Tennessee, to Governor William Blount of the Southwest Territory. These particular Indians have friendly relations with the United States and insult the Creek Indians in the letter. Double Head writes that his people are desirous of hunting, but fear whites on the frontier who may harm them.
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Type
Printed Document
Description
Letter from Double Head of an Indian tribe in Tennessee, to Governor William Blount of the Southwest Territory. These particular Indians have friendly relations with the United States and insult the Creek Indians in the letter. Double Head writes that his people are desirous of hunting, but fear whites on the frontier who may harm them.
Date
10/20/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Coosawatee
Collection
Document number
1794102090000
Note
Cited in Blount to Knox, 11/03/1794, Blount to Double Head, 10/29/1794, Blount to Double Head, 11/01/1794, and Blount to M'Clellan, 11/03/1794. Enclosed in Knox to Congress, 12/17/1794, and Blount to Logan, 11/01/1794.
Notable persons
William Blount
Double Head
governor
Henry Knox
warriors
Indians
Creeks
Quadroon
Notable locations
Coosawatee
Southwest Territory
Big River
Cumberland
Tennessee
Notable items
hunting
horses