Account of Execution of Indian Chief and Request for Policy
Document 1798Letters 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.
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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
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Wilkinson
Collection
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
