[A talk from the Mad Dog and Big Warrior of the Tuckabatcet in behalf of the Creek Nation to James Seagrove]
Document 1795Advice from U.S. on peace between tribes to save land was good. Noted killing of Creek hunters by Chickasaws, Creeks will transport prisoners and property of guilty Indians to U.S. Fear that some Indians will ally with Cumberland settlers and militia against Chickasaws. Creek request that the U.S. remains peaceful, Creeks promise to remain peaceful with Cherokee Nation. Hopes to establish trade and peace.
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Advice from U.S. on peace between tribes to save land was good. Noted killing of Creek hunters by Chickasaws, Creeks will transport prisoners and property of guilty Indians to U.S. Fear that some Indians will ally with Cumberland settlers and militia against Chickasaws. Creek request that the U.S. remains peaceful, Creeks promise to remain peaceful with Cherokee Nation. Hopes to establish trade and peace.
Date
04/22/1795
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Recipient
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Document number
1795042290001
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Notable persons
Mad Dog
Big Warrior
multiple
James Seagrove
Creek Nation
Agent for Indian Affairs
interpreter
Joseph Cornell
Upper Creek
Lower Creek
chiefs
Creek
Chickasaw
hunters
prisoners
Choctaw
Cumberland people
Indians
Governor William Blount
General Robertson
headmen
father
friend
hunters
Cherokee
red people
Notable locations
Tuckabatches
Tuckabatchee
Cumberland
Georgia
frontiers
Cussitas
public square
land
villages
territory
Notable items
talk
bad advice
dispute
stocks
crops
hunt
ancient utensils
drums

