Protecting the Creek Boundaries, Etc.
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Protecting the Creek Boundaries, Etc.
Description
Knox's detailed instructions to James Seagrove regarding the subversive actives of Williams Bowles and the necessity of establishing the boundaries negotiated with the Creeks in the Treaty of New York. He also would like to enlist 300 Creek warriors to assist in the campaign against the northern Indians.
year created
1792
month created
02
day created
20
author
recipient
in collection
in publication
content note
American State Papers, Indian Affairs
notable person/group
James Seagrove
Henry Knox
President [Washington]
Major Trescott
Brigadier General McGillivray
Cherokee chiefs
body of three hundred warriors of the Creeks
Captain Mills
two commissioned officers
two white persons
Indian department
[William] Bowles
prisoners
army
Mr. Ellicott, the surveyor
Charles Weatherfield
his [McGillivray's] negroes
Walker
Mr. Hammond, the British minister here
hostile Indians
emissaries with the Southern Indians
Cherokees
Chickasaws
Choctaws
Congress
agents employed in the Indian Department
Major Call
notable location
Trader's Hill, on the river at St. Mary's near the Indian [boundary] line
Savannah
Fort Pitt
Rock Landing
New York
Fort Washington on the Ohio
the great Miami
Bahamas
Flint River
New Orleans
Pensacola
notable item/thing
rivers
ice
money and goods
general rule of conduct
interests of the Creeks
objects of your mission
wisdom of your conduct, your own resources and talents
transportation to the Rock Landing
delivery of the said money and goods to you
regular accounts
evidences of distrust
vouchers
oath
his impostership
Treaty of New York
boundary specified in the treaty
official restrictions of secrecy
fertile lands
jealousy
attachment to the United States
impudent imposter
British government
utter expiration of Bowles
line marked in the treaty
law of the land
future importance of Mr. McGillivray
inflammability of the Indians
Bowles' interference
peace with the Creeks
rewards to particular imminent characters
entire defeat of our troops the last year
general war with all the Southern tribes
sincerity of [McGillivray's] attachment to the United States
three statements of the causes of war with the northern Indians
general and firm peace with all the Indians tribes
principles of moderation and justice
kindness and mildness, instead of terrors or threatenings
rate of compensation
bill
Indians affairs
turbulent spirits among the Indians
mischef by Bowles' instigations
further orders of the President
notable phrase
The United States are bound to protect the Creeks in the boundary specified in the treaty, and they cannot consent to any other being marked. The true line, and that only, can be established.
document number
1792022000100
Item sets
Document instances
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: American State Papers, Indian Aff. | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James Seagrove | [unknown] | [n/a] |