An Abstract of Indian Affairs
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
An Abstract of Indian Affairs
Description
Shaw discusses affairs with the southern Indians and the machinations of the Spaniards to turn the Indians against the United States.
year created
1792
month created
10
author
in collection
in publication
created note
Exact day of October, 1792 is unknown.
notable person/group
Mr. Shaw
Governor Blount
Little Turkey
4 Nations of Indians to the Southward
peaceable Cherokees
Magistrate, Thomas Gegg
Mr. Hawkins
Chinibie the great Natchez warrior
the President [Washington]
Bowles
British
Spanish government
Mr. Ramsay
James Cary, the interpreter
John Watts
lower town Cherokees
General Pickens
Creek chiefs
Chickasaws
Choctaws
Mr. Ellison
Double Head
Mr. Craig
Esquaka, the Bloody Fellow
Glass
Codeatey
General Robinson of Miro District
Secretary of War [Knox]
White Mankiller
woman and child
Red Bird
Cochran
Mr. Foster
Mr. Smith
Northern Indians
Governor Guioso
Piamingo party
Joseph Derague
Richard Findleston
Little Turkey
The Boot
John Thomson
General Sevier
Regiment of Knox County
Major Sharpe
Mr. Heth
bad Indians
peaceable Indians
James Alexander Douglas
young warriors
Salisbury & Morgan
Gallaspy
Mr. Fagot
boat's crew
large packet
Baron de Carondelot
Taylor
Taklentiske
White Owl
Dragging Canoe
troop of cavalry
Hanging Maw
John McKee, a trader of Chota
notable location
Cumberland River
big Savannah
Green River
River Ohio
Big Island in Holston
Muscle Shoals
Occochappe or Bears Creek Station
Hopewell frontier
Penetts Valley
Running Water or Nickajack
Knoxville
Natchez
Yazoo
Lake Ponchartrain
Midway
counties of Washington District
Chota
Lookout Town
North Carolina
South Carolina
Red River
Lance le Grace
Kentucky
New Orleans
Willstown
Green County
Duck Creek
notable item/thing
boundary lines
treaty
Campbell's line
navigation of the Tennessee [River]
hunting ground
compensation
common hunting ground
trade
war
assurances of protection
Shawnees
Spanish machinations
peace and friendship
depredations
forts
accidents
settlements of whites
encroachment
corn
hunger and cold
arms and ammunition
appearance of friendship
trading post
Treaty of Holston
guns
hatchets
knives
houses on their land
threatening talks
hostilities
want of arms
scarcity of powder
lead
protection of the frontiers
annuity
sprits [liquor]
cession of ground
notable phrase
The Cherokees promised at this meeting to give up captives in their possession--and to a return of the horses stolen by their people...The Spanish liberality in supplying [the Indians] with ammunition is supposed to be the cause of the present disorders--together with their intrigues hopes his conjectures may not prove true respecting the coalition between them and Bowles...The Creeks are at the bottom of the evil...The substance of it is to show the designs of the Spaniards to stimulate the 4 Southern Indian Nations to break with the united States and make war against them.
document number
1792109990000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: Territorial Papers, Vol. 4 | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Shaw | [unknown] | [n/a] |