Intelligence on Planned Indian Attack

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Type

Letter Signed

Description

Discloses intelligence regarding plans of Indians, with British involvement, to attack from Canada. Assistance from Spain against British offered. Evacuation of posts delayed.

Date

05/01/1797

Author

Don Manuel Gayoso De Lemos

Recipient

Lieutenant Piercy Smith Pope

Sent from

Natchez

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Fifth Congress: President's Messages Transmitting Specific Documents or Information to the Senate [5A-E2] (RG46) (M1704, Roll 2)

Document number

1797050190066

Page start

13

Note

Document 13 in Report of the Secretary of War to the President, 06/30/1797.

Notable persons

Piercy Smith Pope
Manuel Gayoso de Lemos
British
Spanish
troops
Indians
Captain Pope

Notable locations

Illinois
Louisiana
Mississippi
river
frontier
post
Canada
Spain
Britain
Natchez
Nogalls