Report on the Situation of the Western Army
Document 1799General Wilkinson reports on the situation of the Western Army and the necesssity of erecting a cordon of posts to protect the national boundary which is constantly threatened by Indians and foreign powers.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
General Wilkinson reports on the situation of the Western Army and the necesssity of erecting a cordon of posts to protect the national boundary which is constantly threatened by Indians and foreign powers.
Date
04/15/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Loftus' Heights
Collection
Document number
1799041560000
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Washington, 06/15/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James Wilkinson
Minister of War [McHenry]
savages
one [Daniel] Duffy, a lawless ruffian
prisoner at Massac
the Spaniards
the French
regular militia of Louisiana
fish-women of Paris
invading army
insidious enemy
Mr. Gayoso
Lieutenant Lovels
Notable locations
Loftus' Heights [Mississippi Territory] Headquarters, Western Army
Cincinnatti on the Ohio
the mobile River
Nashville
Pensacola
Indian lands northwest of the Ohio
Baton Rouge
mouth of the Yazoo
Mexican provinces of Texas and Santa Fe and Santa Andero
highwater mark
summit of the hill
State of Kentucky
Notable items
frankness of a soldier
imputation of adulation or impertinence
return of Lieutenant Hyde
his public accounts
return of the troops stationed at Massac & on the Mississippi
sailing of the detachment
necessity of a cordon of posts
national boundary
settlements of Georgia
exclude foreign machinations
repress the licentiousness of our erratic frontiersmen
testimony enclosed
his escape
distance of this territory from national succour
proximity to a foreign power
dangers from invasion
conquest
communication with the southern Indians
foreign intrique
acts of corruption
general rising of the inhabitants
heavy artillery
portable magazines
voyage from New Orleans
wash of the current
defensive works
transmittal of intelligence
coup-de-maine
death of Captain Demlar
his measurements and calculations
correcting his errors
security of the public property
sphere of my authority
health of the troops
ravages of this climate
voluntary loan
war against Great Britain
[Gayoso's]treasury is empty
annual remittance from Vera Cruz
desertion