Causes of the Delay in the Chief's Arrival, Etc.
Document 1797Among other matters, Captain Guion discusses the delay of the chiefs in arriving at Fort Adams to receive their annuities. The delay is due to several causes including Piamingo's having to stay at home to defend his town against the Creek Indians who, it was reported, were planning an attack on the Chickasaws.
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Autograph Letter Signed
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Among other matters, Captain Guion discusses the delay of the chiefs in arriving at Fort Adams to receive their annuities. The delay is due to several causes including Piamingo's having to stay at home to defend his town against the Creek Indians who, it was reported, were planning an attack on the Chickasaws.
Date
10/22/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Adams, Chickasaw Bluffs
Collection
Document number
1797102240001
Page start
1
Note
9 letters and receipts included.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Isaac Guion
Mr. Knox
General James Wilkinson
Captain Hunter
Mr. Tolder
mountain leader
Chiefs
Creek Indias
Piamingo
Chickasaw
Wolfs friend
Spaniards
Indians
Colonel Charles Howard
Regiment of Louisiana
William Colbert
John Bean
Hunt
Elisha Winter
Kenneth Ferguson
House of Panton and Lesley
Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos
William Mizell
John Brown
Governor William Blount
Notable locations
War Department
Fort Adams, Chickasaw Bluffs
Chickasaw nation
Knoxville
Pittsburgh
St, Louis
Orleans
Hopefield
Pensacola
North Carolina
South Carolina
Augusta
Savannah River
Horse Creek
Notable items
letters
annuities
attack
galleys
meeting
works
frippery
fevers
flag staff
buildings
flat boats
vouchers
receipt
bill
trade
store
rations