Reports Indian Talks, Request for American Flag
Document 1799Reports recent meeting with Double Head and another Cherokee chief with himself and Colonel Butler. The Cherokee nation promises to stop plundering and to live in friendly terms with the whites. The Indians complained of the high prices of their supplies, due to the European war, according to Butler. Referred to the law of 26 June 1794 regulating trade. Reports account drawn up for John Chisolm by William Simmons. The Cherokees have requested a U.S. flag, which Henley requests from McHenry. Agricultural endeavors are slow.
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Letterbook
Description
Reports recent meeting with Double Head and another Cherokee chief with himself and Colonel Butler. The Cherokee nation promises to stop plundering and to live in friendly terms with the whites. The Indians complained of the high prices of their supplies, due to the European war, according to Butler. Referred to the law of 26 June 1794 regulating trade. Reports account drawn up for John Chisolm by William Simmons. The Cherokees have requested a U.S. flag, which Henley requests from McHenry. Agricultural endeavors are slow.
Date
09/04/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1799090440101
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
David Henley
Double Head
Cherokee Chiefs
Colonel Butler
William Simmons
John Chisolm
Secretary of State
Cherokee Nation
factory
Secretary of War
agent of war
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Knoxville
Cherokee Nation
Tennessee
Notable items
Flag
Trade
Treaty
goods
property
treaty
trade
intercourse