War Between the Chickasaws and Creeks
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
War Between the Chickasaws and Creeks
Description
Following the brutal murder of a Chickasaw brave by a party of Creeks, Blount assesses the potential for war between the two southern tribes.
year created
1793
month created
03
day created
23
author
sent from location
Knoxville
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Knox to Blount, 05/14/1793.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
Henry Knox
William Blount
James Donelson
General Robertson
Chiefs of the Chickasaw Nation
Tatholah
Mountain Leader
forty warriors
Bloody Fellow [John Taylor]
Bold Hunter
notable location
Knoxville
Cumberland
Mero District
Bledsoe Station
Orleans
Chickasaw Bluff on the Mississippi
the Tennessee
the Ohio
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
waters of that river
list of murders and depredations
horses
war against the Creeks
my house
national council
insult to the Nation
persuasion and threats
declaration of war
peace and friendship
personal interview with the President [Washington]
state of Indian affairs
notable phrase
Four Chickasaws were in the hunting grounds fifteen miles from the towns where a party of Creeks fired on them and killed one and, besides scalping him as is usual, they very much hacked and mangled his body and threw it into a pond of water...the hacking and mangling the body is ever intended as an insult to the nation, of whom the deceased was.
document number
1793032340000
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: Territorial Papers, Vol. 4 | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Blount | Knoxville | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |