Illegal attack on Cherokee

Letter from William Blount, Governor of Southwest Territory, to Double-head, Chief of the Lower Cherokees. Blount warns Double-head that General Logan of Kentucky has raised a "large army of volunteers, unauthorized by Government, to invade and destroy the Lower Cherokee towns." General Logan's reasoning behind the illegal attack is that the Lower towns have provoked violence on the frontier, and stolen horses and black slaves. Double-head and the Cherokee are allies of the United States. Blount advises that Double-head immediately return all prisoners, negroes, and horses, so the people of Kentucky will not attack.