Plans Between British and U.S. Regarding Indian Relations
Document 1797Regrets over not relaying information of discussion between Captain Chisholm and the British Minister. Brief synopsis of plan related. Politics of Indian relations addressed. Discusses limiting the power of Benjamin Hawkins, Creek Indian Agent. Mentions guidance on Indian affairs from President Washington and John Adams new administration. Mentions that if Hawkins stays in position as Indian Agent, he will incur the good will of the Creeks and undermine Blount's plan. Asks that letter be burned after the third reading.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Regrets over not relaying information of discussion between Captain Chisholm and the British Minister. Brief synopsis of plan related. Politics of Indian relations addressed. Discusses limiting the power of Benjamin Hawkins, Creek Indian Agent. Mentions guidance on Indian affairs from President Washington and John Adams new administration. Mentions that if Hawkins stays in position as Indian Agent, he will incur the good will of the Creeks and undermine Blount's plan. Asks that letter be burned after the third reading.
Date
04/21/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Colonel King's Iron Works
Document number
1797042190066
Page start
22
Note
Document 18 in Report of the Secretary of War to the President, 06/30/1797.
Notable persons
James Carey
William Blount
Captain Chisholm
Creeks
Indians
Indian Nation
British
Minister
Cherokees
Dinsmoor
Benjamin Hawkins
Captain Rogers
commissioners
Doublehead
George Washington
Watts
Congress
Notable locations
Colonel King's Iron Works
Philadelphia
South Carolina
Georgia
England
Great Britain
Spain
Creek Nation
Notable items
business
wafer
treaty
whiskey