Account of Execution of Indian Chief and Request for Policy

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Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Description

Letters between governor and Hawkins outlined and numbered. Hawkins recounted an ambush of U.S. officers, and complaints of white neighbors of Tuskeegee Tustunnagau and other Creek Indians. Tuskeegee put to death after civil trial. Blacksmith's employed by U.S. for the use of the Creek Indians, Hawkins requests ruling on the responsibility of payment.

Date

02/23/1798

Recipient

Sent from

Fort Wilkinson

Document number

1798022340000

Notable persons

James McHenry
Benjamin Hawkins
Tuskeegee Tustunnagau
Creek Indians
smiths
weavers
hunters
settlers
governor
Hilton

Notable locations

Fort Wilkinson
Oglethorpe County
Creek Nation
land
Upper Creeks
Lower Creeks
offender
Greensborough

Notable items

Treaty of Colerain
justice