Campaign against Creeks and Cherokees
Item
Type
Printed Document
Title
Campaign against Creeks and Cherokees
Description
General Robertson informs Major Ore that he is to defend the district of Mero against a large party of Creeks and Cherokees of the Lower towns. Ordered to "destroy the Lower Cherokee towns... taking care to spare women and children, and to treat all prisoners, who may fall into your hands, with humanity, and thereby teach those savages to spare the citizens of the United States, under similar circumstances."
year created
1794
month created
09
day created
06
author
sent from location
Nashville
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Enclosed in Knox to US Congress, 12/19/1794, and McHenry to US House, 04/05/1798. Cited in Robertson to Blount, 10/08/1794.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
Major Ore
General Robertson
Indians
Creeks
Cherokees
Brown
Taylor
women
children
prisoners
savages
notable location
Nashville
District of Mero
Tennessee
notable item/thing
blockhouse
trails
frontier
horses
document number
1794090690000
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 Robertson | Nashville | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Major Ore | [unknown] | [n/a] |