Standing orders issued to the Commander of troops at Massac

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Letter, discusses foreign influence on frontiers; discusses foreign powers' Indian relations; discusses hostile indians; informs re ammunition & provisions contracts; directs detachment to occupy Spanish fort.

Date

10/06/1797

Author

James McHenry

Sent from

Near Downings Town

Repository

Chicago Historical Society

Collection

James Wilkinson Papers

Document number

1797100600001

Page start

1

Notable persons

see below
James McHenry
Brigadier General Wilkinson
Captain Guion
Pierce

Notable locations

Near Downings Town
Iron Banks
Pittsburg
New Madrid
Bluff
Massac
United States
Mississippi [River]

Notable items

instruct the officer who may carry your remonstrance to ascertain the strength of the Spaniards
remove your detachment to their neighbourhood and fortify yourself
preserve our influence with the indians
preserve them against the designs of false friends
protection against enemies
ambiguous policy
render your detachment safe from attack by proper works
usurpation of our rights is calculated to effect
Indians
dispatch a commissioned officer to the Bluff to request the immediate evacuation
Spanish officer
send a trusty noncommissioned officer to him with the information of your arrival
strength in men
propriety of his occupying any post
company of infantry
company of artillerists
provisions
right secured to the United States by treaties
preservation of peace with the indians
ammunition
contractor
garrison
Pierce's company of artillery
destination is for the Chickasaw Nation
territory of the United States
navigating the Mississippi
opposed by other means
calculated to induce you to spend the undertaking
interrogated in passing
Spanish posts
dispositions of the Spaniards to dispute your passage
stopped by anything short of superior force applied in such a manner as shall demonstrate their determination to shut up the Mississippi
attempts to convert them into actual enemies
practices of the French and Spaniards
alienate from the United States the affections of the Indians