Peace with Lower Cherokee
Document 1794After having corresponded with Double-head, Chief of the Cherokees, Governor William Blount of Southwest Territory orders that General Benjamin Logan immediately desist from attempts to invade Lower Cherokee towns, who are in a state of peace with the United States. Rogue elements of the military had previously destroyed the friendly Cherokee towns of Nickajack and Running Water.
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Description
After having corresponded with Double-head, Chief of the Cherokees, Governor William Blount of Southwest Territory orders that General Benjamin Logan immediately desist from attempts to invade Lower Cherokee towns, who are in a state of peace with the United States. Rogue elements of the military had previously destroyed the friendly Cherokee towns of Nickajack and Running Water.
Date
11/01/1794
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Document number
1794110190000
Note
Cited in Blount to Knox, 11/03/1794. Enclosed in Blount to Robertson, 11/01/1794, and Knox to Congress, 12/17/1794.
Notable persons
Benjamin Logan
William Blount
Colonel Whitley
Indians
Double-head
chief
Cherokees
Cherokee
Sergeant McClellan
Notable locations
Knoxville
Tennessee
Southwest Territory
Tennessee River
Notable items
newspapers
towns
Treaty of Holston