Chickasaw chief's response to white encroachment
Document 1797Transcribes a discussion between a Chickasaw chief and American. The chief insists that his people are aware that whites will stop at nothing to take their lands and reminds the American that they remember the terms of past treaties. The Chickasaw then says that he has been informed by Spanish Louisiana Governo Gayoso that Americans want to take possession of their lands and demands an answer to that allegation.
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Transcribes a discussion between a Chickasaw chief and American. The chief insists that his people are aware that whites will stop at nothing to take their lands and reminds the American that they remember the terms of past treaties. The Chickasaw then says that he has been informed by Spanish Louisiana Governo Gayoso that Americans want to take possession of their lands and demands an answer to that allegation.
Date
07/22/1797
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1797999990301
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Second page is partially illegible.
Notable persons
James McHenry
John Adams
Wolf
Chickasaws
English
warriors
British
Spanish
Spaniards
Indians
Americans
French
Manuel Gayoso de Lemos
Governor Gayoso
whites
Choctaws
Notable locations
Chickasaw Nation
Chickasaw Bluffs
cliffs
Spain
woods
Tennessee
Orleans
west
Choctaw Nation
Notable items
Rattlesnake
squirrel
fort
treaty
land