Aggression by Creek Indians
Document 1794General Robertson has ordered Captain Evans to Clarksville to scout on the frontiers of Tennessee county for fifteen days, affording the settlement temporary relief. Discusses the detachment of militia that pursued the Indians who killed and slaughtered the families of Colonels Fitsworth and Sevier. The general wants Congress to take action against the hgostile Creeks. The general writes that five Chickasaws and four Choctaws have been at his house discussing the Creeks. A party of Choctaw chiefs will visit President Washington in the spring. Additionally, General Logan and his Kentucky volunteers have obeyed orders to desist from invading the Cherokees, given the news of peace with the Lower towns. The late murders by the Creek Indians have led to great alarm in the district.
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