Absolute Necessity for Defense
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Absolute Necessity for Defense
Description
Blount worries that the apparent depredations committed by the Cherokees will result in a general war by the agrieved settlers against the Indian towns. He ponders how he can carry out his responsiblity for protecting the settlers while maintaining the peace.
year created
1793
month created
03
day created
20
author
sent from location
Knoxville
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Knox to Blount, 05/14/1793.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
Henry Knox
William Blount
interpreters
Cherokees
Mr. Townsend
Creek Nation
the Spaniards
defenseless people
Hanging Maw
James Donelson
two young men killed
friendly Indians
old men
young warriors
rangers
John Tipton, Colonel of Washington County
Judges
Cumberland settlers
General Robertson
milita
cavalry
mounted infantry
_____Taylor
Mr. Shaw
General Pickens
the Half-Breed
Mr. McKee
Chiefs of the War Party
notable location
Knoxville
Kentucky road
Cumberland settlements
Mero District
Counties of Jefferson and Knox
the French Broad
Jonesboro
dangerous frontiers
Southwest Point
Nashville
Pigeon, Jefferson County
Philadelphia
Seneca
notable item/thing
report of James Carey
their language
his veracity
list of the murders
my apprehensions
habitations
stations
blockhouses
commond defense
fears of the frontier inhabitants
declaration of war
sense of injuries
warrant
danger that awaits the district
intended invasion
inebriety [drunkeness]
want of prudence
clothes
horse
recent murders and depredations
notable phrase
The compulsion to turn out rangers, beside the absolute necessity for defense, was the quieting the people whose sense of injuries is such that it is with utmost difficulty they can be restrained from embodying, going, and destroying the Cherokee towns...What is the future of the unhappy Cumberland settlers judging from their past and the present impending danger is a very serious question, not only to themselves but to me to whom their protection is confided.
document number
1793032040000
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] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: American State Papers, Indian Aff. | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Blount | Knoxville | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |