Outlines Trade Tips with Indians; List of Items in Need by Creeks
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Outlines Trade Tips with Indians; List of Items in Need by Creeks
Description
Ben Hawkins (Indian Agent) provides detailed description to Edward Wright of how to successfully trade with the Creek Indians. Most Indians don't meet their obligations with regard to credit and debt so all trade must be accomplished by bartering one item for another. Also included is a list of items in demand by the Creeks.
year created
1799
month created
08
day created
02
author
sent from location
Fort Wilkinson
recipient
sent to location
Fort Wilkinson
in collection
note
Enclosure to Wright to Harris of 03 September 1799.
notable person/group
Benjamin Hawkins
Edward Wright
Indians
merchant
traders
Mr. Price(?)
Creeks
Chiefs
hunting parties of good character
persons who have been injured on the frontiers
the idle and worthless
Indian family
citizens on the frontiers
James Wright, Governor of Georgia
lower Creeks
Spain
debtors
notable location
Fort Wilkinson
the frontiers
Georgia
notable item/thing
credit to Indians
Indian trading
value of labor [labour]
horse
hunting shirt
fine calico [calicoe]
silver work
fowls or eggs
sugar and coffee
their pipes
the squares
keg of whiskey
credit is injurious
state of affairs in the Creek agency
gun
stipend
punctuality
payment of their debts
supplies suitable for this market
groceries
considerable profit
factor
money
bag of cornmeal
this post
constant supply of meal or flour
their desire for strong drink
public store
this agency
peltry
general market
cattle
hogs
corn tobacco
nuts
cotton
butter
best disposed villages in this nation
clothing [cloathing]
their industry
garrison
imported articles
homespun
muslin
rum
Spanish post
factory
tariff
upper towns
articles for sale
leather
chalk
raw skins
skin trade
hair
half bushel of flour
invoice of goods
scarlet cloth
blankets
tomatoes
Irish linen
Scotch thread
silk hankerchiefs
wool hats
spurs
ivory combs
horse combs
vermillion
powder
lead
salt
brown sugar
needles
packing twine
knives and forks
plates and dishes
spoons of iron
brass kettles
tin cups
men's saddles
women's saddles
nails
cow bells
hoes
shawls
silverware
misunderstanding between the United States and Spain
notable phrase
If an Indian wants anything and cannot obtain it on credit, he will pick up his gun and hunt a month for the means. If he is supplied on credit he will not hunt one day to keep up his credit.
document number
1799080290001
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (8 pages) | XFU16 (12 pages) | Collection: Letters Sent by the Creek Factory (Letterbook of the Creek Trading House), 1795-1816. (RG75) (M4) | Chronological |
| [view document] (10 pages) | XFU16a (10 pages) | Collection: Letters Sent by the Creek Factory (Letterbook of the Creek Trading House), 1795-1816. (RG75) (M4) | Chronological |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Benjamin Hawkins | Fort Wilkinson | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Edward Wright | Fort Wilkinson | [n/a] |