General Indian War May Be Inevitable
Document 1793Seagrove worries that unless the Governor of Georgia does something to prevent Georgians' incursions into Creek towns, a general Indian war will be inevitable. This possibility is even more likely since the Choctaws and Chickasaws have agreed to aid the Creeks in a war against the United States
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Seagrove worries that unless the Governor of Georgia does something to prevent Georgians' incursions into Creek towns, a general Indian war will be inevitable. This possibility is even more likely since the Choctaws and Chickasaws have agreed to aid the Creeks in a war against the United States
Date
10/31/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Fidiu,s on the Oconee
Collection
Document number
1793103140002
Notable persons
James Seagrove
Henry Knox
mounted militia
Mr. Barnard
negroes
white party
Charles Weatherford
Upper Creeks
chiefs and warriors
Indian prisoners
Governor Telfair
Colonel Alexander
the President [Washington]
Chickasaws
Choctaws
powerful savage tribes
Notable locations
Fort Fidius, on the Oconee
Carr's Bluff
Chehaw town
Flint River
frontier of Florida
Oakmulgee
Notable items
large booty in negroes and other property
their dead
peace
public wagon
expedition against the Cheehaw town
repeated incursions of the people of Georgia into Creek towns
change in the conduct of the Governor of Georgia