They Will Be Destroyed Without Distinction
Document 1795Wayne warns that if the murders, robberies, and injuries perpetrated by the Cherokees and other Indians continues, he will call out his warriors to destroy them without distinction since he will be unable to tell the guilty from the innocent. He therefore advises all peaceable Indians to withdraw themselves immediately from the bad ones so as to leave them to the fate that awaits them.
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Autograph Letter Signed
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Wayne warns that if the murders, robberies, and injuries perpetrated by the Cherokees and other Indians continues, he will call out his warriors to destroy them without distinction since he will be unable to tell the guilty from the innocent. He therefore advises all peaceable Indians to withdraw themselves immediately from the bad ones so as to leave them to the fate that awaits them.
Date
03/02/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Greenville
Collection
Document number
1795030290001
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Anthony Wayne
Cherokees now settled on the headwaters of the Lakota and all other Indians in that quarter
Notable locations
Greenville