Regarding Spanish-Indian relations on the frontier

Item

Type

Autograph Document

Title

Regarding Spanish-Indian relations on the frontier

Description

Memorandum of Indian information from William Claiborne. Discusses Cherokee settlement and an Indian delegation to the Spanish. The Spanish allegedly sought to place the southern tribes under Spanish protection, in violation of Pinckney's Treaty.

year created

1797

month created

12

day created

02

author

in collection

in image

note

Information gathered from William Claiborne

notable person/group

James McHenry
Claiborne
John Watts
John Taylor
Red Headed Will
Baron de Carondelet
bloody fellow
Cherokee
Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet
Spanish
chiefs
runner
southern tribes
Indians
half breed
warriors
agent

notable location

Muscle shoals
Big Eddy
Tennessee
Mississippi
White River
Arkansas
New Madrid
New Orleans
Cherokee Nation
Louisiana

notable item/thing

School

notable idea/issue

Interracial
mixed
Pinckney's Treaty
Treaty of San Lorenzo
Treaty of Madrid

document number

1797120200001

page start

1

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) BRH18 (3 pages) Collection: James McHenry Papers B: 2, 3

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]