Relations with hostile Indians

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Summary of hostile Cherokee and Chicamagua tribe actions and designs along the Tennessee River. Relations with United States and various tribes. Notes that Congress would be in session and discussed process of declaring war.

Date

10/27/1794

Sent from

War Department

Document number

1794102700001

Page start

1

Note

Knox appears to believe that William Moultrie remains governor of South Carolina, see Knox to Moultrie, 03/13/1795. Arnoldus Vanderhorst took the office in 01/17/1794.

Notable persons

Arnoldus Vanderhorst
Henry Knox
Cherokee
Chicamagua
Creek
Indian Nations
tribes
Congress
William Blount
Indians
Congress

Notable locations

War Department
Congress
frontier
Tennessee river
river
territory

Notable items

Constitution