Destruction of Cherokee towns
Document 1794Letter from the Governor of Southwest Territory to the Secretary of War, regarding the destruction of two hostile lower Cherokee towns (Running Water and Nickajack).
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Type
Printed Document
Description
Letter from the Governor of Southwest Territory to the Secretary of War, regarding the destruction of two hostile lower Cherokee towns (Running Water and Nickajack).
Date
10/24/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1794102440000
Note
Cited in Knox to Washington, 12/11/1794, and Knox to Blount, 12/29/1794. Enclosed in Knox to US Congress, 12/19/1794.
LC: HF: 3 Cong., 2 sess.: C
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Blount
governor
Major Ore
Running Water
Nickajack
Cherokee
Thomas Bledsoe
soldiers
General Robertson
John Watts
John McKee
agent
Notable locations
Knoxville
Tennessee
Southwest Territory
Mero District
Will's Town
Notable items
towns
white beads
Tellico Block house