Regarding Spanish-Indian relations on the frontier

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Type

Autograph Document

Description

Memorandum of Indian information from William Claiborne. Discusses Cherokee settlement and an Indian delegation to the Spanish. The Spanish allegedly sought to place the southern tribes under Spanish protection, in violation of Pinckney's Treaty.

Date

12/02/1797

Document number

1797120200001

Page start

1

Note

Information gathered from William Claiborne

Notable persons

James McHenry
Claiborne
John Watts
John Taylor
Red Headed Will
Baron de Carondelet
bloody fellow
Cherokee
Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet
Spanish
chiefs
runner
southern tribes
Indians
half breed
warriors
agent

Notable locations

Muscle shoals
Big Eddy
Tennessee
Mississippi
White River
Arkansas
New Madrid
New Orleans
Cherokee Nation
Louisiana

Notable items

School