Indian Activity on the Southwestern Frontiers
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Indian Activity on the Southwestern Frontiers
Description
Blount reports on Indian activity on the southwestern frontiers, noting that the Creek-Chickasaw War is not as fierce as might be expected, owing probably to the threat of Panton to withhold arms and ammunition if the war continues. The Creek chiefs have apparently refused the bloody hatchet offered them by the Shawanese ambassadors. Though professing to be friends of the United States, the Spaniards still embrace Panton.
year created
1793
month created
05
day created
23
author
sent from location
Knoxville
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Knox to Blount, 06/26/1793.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
Henry Knox
William Blount
Arthur Coodey
Chickasaws
Creeks
Colonel Bledsoe
warrior
Major Beard's mounted infantry
Cherokee chiefs
Shawanese Ambassadors
Mr. Wellbank
travellers
children
refugee Tory (Mr. Panton)
Bloody Fellow
Baron D'Carondolet
Governor Guioso
Spanish officers of Louisiana
Governor O'Neal
notable location
Knoxville
Lookout Mountain
town of the Lower Cherokees
Mero District (Cumberland settlements)
Greenfield Station
Wills Town
Detroit
Nashville
Pensacola
southwestern frontiers
Hawkins Courthouse
notable item/thing
scalps
horses
his house
war against the United States
invitation of the President [Washington]
Creek and Chickasaw war
ferocity and spirit
arms and ammunition
peace
war between the United States and the Southern tribes
trade
British war
bloody hatchet
notable phrase
The Creek and Chickasaw war does not go on with the ferocity and spirit that might be expected owing, as it is said, to Mr. Panton having informed the Creeks that if red people went to war with each other that he would withhold all supplies of arms and ammunition, adding that was all the United States could wish to see red people at war with each other and then they could take their land with more ease.
document number
1793052340000
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: Territorial Papers, Vol. 4 | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Blount | Knoxville | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |