Report on the Chickasaws and Choctaws
Item
Type
Printed transcription/modern copy of Document
Title
Report on the Chickasaws and Choctaws
Description
Knox views the substantial distance of the Chickasaws and Choctaws from frontier settlements as the principle reason that few complaints regarding white encroachments have thus far been lodged. Knox notes that Chickasaws and Choctaws are "represented as candid, generous, brave, and honest" and have placed themselves under the protection of the United States and no other sovereign.
year created
1789
month created
07
day created
07
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
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notable person/group
George Washington
Henry Knox
Tobocah, one of the great medal chiefs of the Choctraws
Commissioners of the United States
Indian Nation
Chickasaws
warriors
whites
Cherokees
Congress
notable location
War Office
frontier settlements
Indian land
ridge which divides the waters running into the Cumberland from those running into the Tennessee
the Mississippi
Mobile river
lower posts of the Muscle Shoals
mouth or junction of the Ocochappo with the Tennessee
headwaters of the Pascagoula and Pearl rivers
territory of Spain
notable item/thing
Treaty of Hopewell with the Chicasaws and Choctaws
land rights
boundary disputes
Indian relations
violence
peace
trading post
encroachments of the whites
distressed situation of the Cherokees
principal towns or villages
establishment of trade
notable phrase
By this treaty [of Hopewell] they [Chickasaws and Choctaws] acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the United States and of no other sovereign whatsoever
a tract of land is reserved for a trading post
document number
1789070700100
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (2 pages) | [no image] | Publication: American State Papers, Indian Aff | Volume 1 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | George Washington | [unknown] | [n/a] |