Civilizing the Creek
Document 1799Hawkins is pleased with the Creeks for accepting the plan for their civilization. The Creeks have adapted well to raising livestock and are becoming better at manufacturing. Hawkins comments on the fact that the Chiefs and their wives come to his house.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy, in hand of author
Description
Hawkins is pleased with the Creeks for accepting the plan for their civilization. The Creeks have adapted well to raising livestock and are becoming better at manufacturing. Hawkins comments on the fact that the Chiefs and their wives come to his house.
Date
01/09/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Georgia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799010900101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Benjamin Hawkins
James McHenry
national council
chiefs
Creek women
Robert Greerson
Thomas Marshall
women
girls
Notable locations
Creek Nation, Georgia
Cussetah
Georgia
Philadelphia
Notable items
livestock
civilization
regulations
sketch of affairs
stock
hogs
cattle
cloth
domestic affairs
female industry
agriculture
ploughs
plows
manufacture
cotton
factory
spinning
loom
estimate