Hostile Indians on frontier
Item
Type
Printed Document
Title
Hostile Indians on frontier
Description
Colonel Winchester writes Governor William Blount of Southwest Territory, beginning his letter by stating: "The Indians continue their depredations as usual." One individual (Evan Watkins) was shot and scalped, with a tomahawk sticking in his skull. Frontier folk in the region are complaining: "They say, if Congress knew their deplorable situation, and have the feelings of men, they would not suffer a banditti of merciless savages to murder the citizens of the United States continually, with impunity."
year created
1794
month created
11
day created
09
author
sent from location
Crag Fort
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Enclosed in Blount to Knox, 11/16/1794.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
William Blount
Colonel Winchester
Indians
Evan Watkins
Cornet Evans
Bledsoe
spies
Benjamin Logan
Caron of Carondelet
Cherokee
Sergeant McClellan
James Robertson
Colonel Whitley
Titsworth
prisoners
notable location
Crag Fort
Bledsoe's lick
Shaver's cabins
Cumberland River
Buffalo Run
Nickajack
Nashville
Mero District
Tennessee County
Southwest Territory
Logan County
Double Licks
notable item/thing
murder
scalp
mill
tomahawk
guns
woods
inhabitants
garrison
savages
peace
document number
1794110990000
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 | William Winchester | Crag Fort | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Blount | [unknown] | [n/a] |