Letter to Secretary at War
Document 1797Colonel McKee reports to the Secretary at War regarding activities on the frontier. This report includes mention of the following: the French evacuation of Chickasaw Bluffs, local Indian sentiments, the activities of Baron de Carondelet, and notice of an American spy in the service of the Spaniards.
“and I fear if such villainous machinations [by Spaniards] are not counteracted by the United States that these poor creatures [Indians] will be induced to commit some outrage.”
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Letterbook
Description
Colonel McKee reports to the Secretary at War regarding activities on the frontier. This report includes mention of the following: the French evacuation of Chickasaw Bluffs, local Indian sentiments, the activities of Baron de Carondelet, and notice of an American spy in the service of the Spaniards.
Date
04/24/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Natchez
Repository
Collection
Document number
1797042440201
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
John Mackey
Baron de Carondelet
Cherokees
Creeks
Choctaws
French
Spaniards
His Catholic Majesty
French Republic
W. Powers
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Natchez
Six Towns of the Choctaws
Kentucky
Notable items
treaty