Our frontiers, I never saw them so dispirited.
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Our frontiers, I never saw them so dispirited.
Description
Robertson reports on the turmoil and bloodshed on the southwestern frontier with most of the Indian tribes arrayed against the United States, with the notable exception of the Chickasaws. He has had to call up a company of mounted infantry to protect the settlers and seeks Smith's approbation for doing so.
year created
1793
month created
07
day created
20
author
sent from location
Nashville
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Smith to Knox, 07/30/1793.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
General Smith
General James Robertson
Chickasaws
Cherokees
Major Beard
our horse [cavalry]
one company of mounted infantry
Cherokees
Cottetoy the intepreter
Choctaws
northward Army
united tribes
Creeks
Randolph Robertson
Josiah Love
Mountain Leader
Wolf's Friend
Southern Indians
Governor Blount
King of Spain
notable location
Nashville
our frontiers
westward country
Duck River
Bear Creek
Tennessee River
the Ohio
Stone's river
Walnut Hills
Orleans
Iron Banks
notable item/thing
list of [Indian] depredations
our settlements
Governor Blount's last orders
bloody arrows
hatchet
scalping knife
pipe
great parade
white flesh
large boat
the Virginian's flesh
treaty
Spanish authority
cessation of arms
Spanish agency
flag
friendship
presents
forts at Chickasaw Bluff
notable phrase
Bad as the times were when you left this country, they are much more gloomy at present...the Cherokee had eat a great quantity of the white's flesh which they were very fond of at first but they had had so much of it had got tired and thought it too salty
document number
1793072090000
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: American State Papers, Indian Aff. | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | General James Robertson | Nashville | [n/a] |
| Recipient | General Smith | [unknown] | [n/a] |