Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.04397-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
25 October 1789
Author/Creator
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Savannah, Georgia
Pagination
4 p. : docket ; Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Describes the situation in western Georgia concerning negotiations with the Creeks. The Commission has not succeeded as of yet in negotiating a treaty with the Creeks. Mentions violence along the frontier between Native Americans and white settlers, including incidents in which Native Americans attacked forts and burned them. Reports that the Spanish have concluded a treaty with the Creek Nation, and that Creek leader Alexander McGillivray was involved. Describes the Creeks as "numerous & insolent, until they were made to experience our superiority in the Field..." Suggests a military force to compel the Creeks to treat with the Commission on American terms, and extensively describes his plan.

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