Aggression by Creek Indians

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Printed Document

Description

General 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.

Date

11/15/1794

Sent from

Nashville

Document number

1794111590000

Note

Enclosed in Blount to Knox, 11/28/1794.

Notable persons

William Blount
James Robertson
Captain Evans
John Easten
Anthony Crutcher
Daniel James
Fitsworth
militia
Creeks
John Sevier
families
Indians
Cherokees
Choctaws
Benjamin Logan
Samson Williams
John Covington
Chickasaws

Notable locations

Nashville
Tennessee
Southwest Territory
Clarksville
Bear creek
Lower towns
Kentucky
Muddy River
Red Bank
Cumberland

Notable items

hunting
murder
family
theft
Congress