Alarm amongst the inhabitants on account of the Indians...
Document 1799St. Clair chronicles the response of the western settlers to the possibility of Indian incursions. It appears that the Shawanese are themselves apprehensive about being attacked by the Chickasaws and by an army of whites.
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St. Clair chronicles the response of the western settlers to the possibility of Indian incursions. It appears that the Shawanese are themselves apprehensive about being attacked by the Chickasaws and by an army of whites.
Date
08/10/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Cincinnati
Collection
Document number
1799081051800
Notable persons
James McHenry
Arthur St. Clair
a very considerable number [of inhabitants] have retired into Kentucky
Indians seem no little alarmed at this movement of theirs
four of the Shawanese arrived here
their nation has no ill designs against the white people
Captain McLean, the English officer who commands on the north side of the Detroit
Colonel Hamtramck
Notable locations
Cincinnati
at Fort Defiance they were all men, women, and children in the fort
Fort Wayne
Notable items
alarm amongst the inhabitants on account of the Indians
twenty miles of frontier has been abandoned
small forts erected in many places where the people have assembled
very apprehensive of the Chickasaws
[Shawanese] heard that a great army of whites were on their way to attack them
I suppose [the Shawanese] meant nothing more than to alarm the surveyors and prevent the boundary line from being run
alarm has extended to all their villages
information of the hostile intentions of the Chickasaws
explicit declaration of theire peaceable intentions
I have instructed Mr. Wells to be particularly attentive to their motions
letter from Major Craig
all the Indian stipends have been sent to Detroit
favorable change in the Miami
meeting o the legislature