Information Given Governor Blount by James Carey
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Information Given Governor Blount by James Carey
Description
Minutes of information given Governor Blount by James Carey, one of the interpreters of the United States, in the Cherokee Nation.
year created
1792
month created
11
day created
03
author
sent from location
Knoxville
recipient
in collection
notable person/group
James Carey
William Blount
John Watts
Cherokee nation
Mr. McDonald
Bloody Fellow
Colonel Brown
Colonel Stewart
Governor O'Neal
Little Turkey
lower Creeks
Spaniards
Cherokees
the French
the President [Washington]
Young Frog
Dragging Canoe
Old Prince
King Fisher
Standing Turkey
Half Breed
pipemaker
Big Fellow
White Owl's son
British
Running Water
Willbanks
Governor O'Neal
King of Spain
the Glass
the Breath
Gallaspie's son
Broken Arrow
young warriors
Negroes
Governor Blount
Talotiskee
notable location
Knoxville
Coyatee
Toquo
Pensacola
Alabama fork
Mobile
Talteeske
Coosa River
Estanaula
Philadelphia
War Office
Cumberland River
Green River
Detroit
Willstown
Lower towns
Hopewell
Swannano
Estanaula
Chulcoah
Coweta town
Chota
Hanging Maw
Buchanan's station
Chilhowee
notable item/thing
conference
peace and friendship
late war
arms and ammunition
pack horses
journey
McGillivray's house
water sufficient for large boats
recovery of his lands
national council
conference at Coyatee
big book
apology
treaty of Holston
war pipe
restitution of horses
scarlet match coat
ruffled shirt
handkerchief
small arm bands
blanket
shirts
powder and lead
Finnelson's narrative
presents
deer
scalp
notable phrase
The eight Creeks who took Gallaspie's son boasted at Carey's house that the Creeks did all they could to provoke the United States to war with them
that they killed and scalped men, women, and children
that they took them prisoners and made them slaves like negroes
that they debauched their women, that they took their property, and that they had done it for many years, yet they could not make them mad...
document number
1792110390000
Item sets
Document instances
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James Carey | Knoxville | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Blount | [unknown] | [n/a] |