Indian Affairs
Document 1797Hawkins reports on meetings with the towns on the river. The Indian nation is not interested in selling land to Georgia. Hawkins relates the state of the Indian economy and agriculture, and passes on other local news. He concludes with a reminder about the news of the murder of Townsend.
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Type
Letter
Description
Hawkins reports on meetings with the towns on the river. The Indian nation is not interested in selling land to Georgia. Hawkins relates the state of the Indian economy and agriculture, and passes on other local news. He concludes with a reminder about the news of the murder of Townsend.
Date
11/19/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Cusseta
Repository
Collection
Document number
1797111940001
Note
Published in the Letters of Benjamin Hawkins.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Benjamin Hawkins
Chickasaw
young warriors
chiefs
Indians
State of Georgia
French
English
Spaniards
men
British agents
Creeks
Colonel Henley
Price
women
smith
wounded Chief and his family
Colonel Butler
Dinsmoor
Cherokee
Cox
hunters
General Perkins
assistants
Seagrove
Barnard
Thomas
Townsend
Townshend
Notable locations
Cusseta
river
Coweta
Tallahassee
Cussetah
land between the Oconee and Oakmulgee
St Mary's
public square
school
Mussel Shoals
Colerain
Savannah
Fort Wilkinson
Tenesaw
Notable items
meetings
peace
treaty
sell land
wants of the Indians
game
public meetings of business
old habits
too proud to labor
horses
presents
rational life
horse stealing
certificate
corn
clothing
newspapers
yards of good homespun
crime
list of articles
cotton cards
twine
ropes
corks
scoop nets
reams of fine and coarse paper
garden seeds
peas
stipend
unpaid
murder
claims for property