Massacre of Indians in Tennessee
Item
Type
Printed Document
Title
Massacre of Indians in Tennessee
Description
Letter to William Blount, Governor of Southwest Territory. Describes his march from Nashville, with 550 mounted infantry, pursuing the trace of the Indians who had lately committed murders in the Mero District, and of the party that captured Peter Turney's negro woman. The infantry destroyed the Cherokee towns of Nickajack and Running Water. Nickajack was entirely surrounded and attacked by surprise, "the slaughter was great." 19 women and children were made prisoners. At the town of Running Water they met resistance. Estimates that between the two towns, upwards of 50 Indians were killed, and for the infantry, there were none killed and three wounded, a lieutenant and two privates. At Nickajack they found "two fresh scalps" lately taken at Cumberland, and several older scalps hanging in the houses of various warriors. A quantity of ammunition, powder, and lead from the Spanish government was also in the town.
year created
1794
month created
09
day created
24
author
sent from location
Knoxville
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Enclosed in McHenry to US House, 04/05/1798.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
William Blount
James Ore
governor
General Robertson
infantry
Indians
Peter Turney
negro
woman
slave
prisoners
Running Water
Cherokees
Cherokee
Spanish
John Watts
Bloody Fellow
Creeks
Red-headed Will
notable location
Knoxville
Southwest Territory
Tennessee
Mero District
Nashville
Nickajack
Spain
Cumberland
notable item/thing
murder
ammunition
powder
lead
frontier
document number
1794092490100
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [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 | James Ore | Knoxville | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Blount | [unknown] | [n/a] |