Letter from Timothy Barnard [Bernard] to James Seagrove Creek Indian Agent, on the prospects for peace, Warrior King's meeting with lower Creeks, White Lieutenant and upper Creek Chiefs
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Letter from Timothy Barnard [Bernard] to James Seagrove Creek Indian Agent, on the prospects for peace, Warrior King's meeting with lower Creeks, White Lieutenant and upper Creek Chiefs
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From Flint River, prospects for peace are good it seems. The Warrior King trying to reconcile matters. Met with leadership of Lower Creeks at Cussetah, and with White Lieutenant and upper Creek Chiefs at Tuckabatchee. Cowetas promise to lay quiet; talk strongly of killing horse thieves. Seek to get women prisoners back. Ask Seagrove to mediate and bring prisoners with him when he comes to visit. One of the women is a relative to White Lieutenant. Indians say ten women and children are missing, but Barnard says only eight were carried off. Suggests the others may have been killed. Barnard has been very ill lately.
year created
1793
month created
10
day created
17
author
sent from location
Flint River
recipient
sent to location
Fort Fidius
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This document is enclosed in a statement relative to the South Western frontiers, as connected with the state of Georgia and Creek Indians, the south Western territory of the United States and the Cherokees submitted to the House of Representatives on December 4, 1793. This document is an integral part of [Public Reports] and other communications of the Secretary of War, 12/99/1793.
notable person/group
James Seagrove
Timothy Barnard
Mr Akin
Aiken
Bernard
White Lieutenant
Creek Indian Agent
Warrior King of Cussetah
Cowetas
Upper Creeks
Lower Creeks
prisoners
Georgia Militia
Ussechaws
Chehaws
Kinnard
young Gerrideau
Mr. Smith
Spaniards
Captain Milligan
notable location
Fort Fidius
Flint River
Oakmulgee
Cussetah
Tuckabatches
Upper Creek
Lower Creek
Georgia
Newport
Florida
notable item/thing
Indian prisoners
notable idea/issue
Seagrove and peace with Creek Nation
document number
1793101790155
page start
425
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (506 pages) | NOP01 (506 pages) | Collection: Third Congress: Transcribed Confidential Reports and Other Communications Transmitted by the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, 3d Congress, 1st Session, 1793, Vol. II [3C-B2] (RG 233) {M1268, roll 14} | M: 1268, R: 14 |
| [view document] (3 pages) | NOP01 (506 pages) | Collection: Printed Versions | M: 1268, R: 14; p 423-425 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Barnard [Bernard] | Flint River | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James Seagrove | Fort Fidius | [n/a] |