Indian Relations and Peace on Frontier
Document 1795Sections of letters from Gov. Blount were given to Congress for informative purpose. President awaits results of deliberations regarding trade with Indians. Defense of frontier financed. All offensive action stopped, policy of peace with Indians supported. Discussed Indian relations in detail, peace is paramount.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Sections of letters from Gov. Blount were given to Congress for informative purpose. President awaits results of deliberations regarding trade with Indians. Defense of frontier financed. All offensive action stopped, policy of peace with Indians supported. Discussed Indian relations in detail, peace is paramount.
Date
03/25/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War
Collection
Document number
1795032500102
Note
Cited in Pickering to Dandridge, 06/27/1795.
Notable persons
William Blount
Timothy Pickering
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
President
George Washington
Indians
Indian Tribes
Cherokee
Creek
Creek Chiefs
prisoners
Negroes
Seagrove
Chickasaw
chiefs
commissioners
General Robertson
Stallion
Chief James Davidson
Dinsmoore
Dinsmor
Ecooe
Bloody Fellow
John Watts
chiefs and warriors
public officers
William Colbert
Colonel Henley
storekeeper
Opiamingo
General Knox
settlers
Baron de Carondelet
Spanish
Notable locations
Department of War
frontiers
Georgia
Southwestern territory
Philadelphia
towns and villages
Tellico
Tellico Block House
Nashville
Ellijoy
post
Tennessee River
Chickasaw land
Mero district
upper settlements
Fort Grainger
South West Point
Clinch
Knoxville
Cherokee land
Indian lands
South Carolina
Nicakegee
Notable items
trade
protection of the frontiers
offensive operations
scalp dance
transactions
post
trading house
garrison
goods
hostilities
ferry
article in writing
settlement
game
horses
Spanish paper
commission
certificate