Unsettled Affairs Among the Indian Nations
Document 1798Captain Guion explains the procrastination of his communications that is due to the ill state of his health which he has endured for more than three months and the difficulty of communicating because of the unsettled nature of affairs among the Indian Nations He declares that the Spanish contingent in his quarter is no more than 600 and is by no means a formidable force.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Captain Guion explains the procrastination of his communications that is due to the ill state of his health which he has endured for more than three months and the difficulty of communicating because of the unsettled nature of affairs among the Indian Nations He declares that the Spanish contingent in his quarter is no more than 600 and is by no means a formidable force.
Date
02/25/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Natchez
Collection
Document number
1798022540003
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Guion to McHenry, 04/19/1798.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Captain Isaac Guion
Secretary of War
Indians
Spanish
Spanish officers
Captain Minor
men
companies
Third Regiment
troops
Major Kersey
Notable locations
Spain
Mississippi River
War Department
Natchez
Chickasaw Bluffs
Fort Adams
posts
Spanish Post
Baton Rouge
Hills
Walnut Hills
Notable items
illness
correspondence
clothing
linen
summer heat
sickness
temperature
Fahrenheit scale