Intimidate the Indians as well as Kill Them
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Intimidate the Indians as well as Kill Them
Description
Blount discusses the measures he has taken to prevent further depredations by parties of marauding Creek Indians. The Cherokee chiefs have announced their peaceful disposition and the Chickasaws, having joined in the war against the Creeks, are not joined by the Choctaws who fear the loss of Spanish trade if they do not remain neutral.
year created
1793
month created
06
day created
04
author
sent from location
Knoxville
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Knox to Washington, 07/16/1793.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
Henry Knox
William Blount
Major Beard
mounted infantry
horsemen
General Robertson
Moses Brown
McMullen
Chickasaws
Choctaws
Spaniards
Mr. Woodward
Cherokee Chiefs
white people
Thomas and James Gillum
murderers
David Stockton
David Loveless
Ephraim Carter
notable location
Knoxville
frontiers
High-tower
southern Cherokee towns
Tugelo
Keowee
Holmark's station on Bull Run
notable item/thing
tour of duty
relief of the district of Mero (Cumberland)
camps formed by Creeks
cotton manufactury
trade
extract from Glass's
peaceful disposition of their own nations
hostile disposition of the Creeks
war against the frontiers of South Carolina and Georgia
murder of John Morris
evidence against Clement and Stickley
innocence
notable phrase
My object in ordering these troops to range in search of the main camps of the Indians in preference of immediately on the frontier was to intimidate the Indians as well as to kill them--and from the little damage done the district of Mero compared to what might have been expected from so powerful a number, I am led to hope that object has in a great measure been effected and even in future they will not feel themselves easy on these grounds lest anothe party of horsemen should be on them.
document number
1793060440000
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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] |