Pleasing Proof of Your Strong Friendship
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Pleasing Proof of Your Strong Friendship
Description
Blount, Governor of the territory south of the Ohio River and Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern District, assures the Choctaws of the friendship of the United States and encourages young Chocttaw warriors to join the impending campaign against the western Indians.
year created
1792
author
recipient
in collection
recipient note
The chiefs and warriors of the Choctaw nation.
notable person/group
Chiefs & Warriors of the Choctaw Nation
William Blount
Anthony Foster
James Randolph Robertson
Henry Knox, Secretary of War
General Washington
Mr. Shaw
Cherokee nation
young warriors
Chickasaws
red people
notable location
Cumberland
Fort Washington
notable item/thing
medals
arm-bands
clothes
proofs of the friendship
treaty of Hopewell
thirst for military fame
notable phrase
If any of your young warriors have a thirst for military fame, I beg you to indulge them in joining the troops of the United States at Fort Washington...and you may have the fullest confidence that such as go will be well fed and well paid and it will afford a pleasing proof of your strong friendship for the United States...The Chickasaws, your neighbors, are very good people
take care and keep friendship with them as well as with the United States. But there are many red people, not Chickasaws, who tell lies to you.
document number
1792999990200
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 | William Blount | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Chiefs & Warrors of the Choctaw Nation | [unknown] | [n/a] |