Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Report on relations between the United States and Native Americans]

Circa date previously estimated. "The measure adopted by the general government, relative to the Indian tribes within the lands of the United States, are replete with moderation... and humanity. Philosophers and the intelligent part of humankind will approve the wisdom of such conduct... Instead of an oppressive system having for its object the extirpation of a race of men more sinned against, than sinning, it appears to be the design of the [general] government, to impart to the Indians, who were the original lords of the soil, all the blessings of Life of which their situation will admit, and to lead them by degrees to a more settled and civilized mode of existence." Discusses the Creek Nation in Georgia, noting that an informed truce was agreed upon Creeks and Congress until 1790. Reports that conflict between the State of Georgia and the Creeks had begun over boundary disputes. Mentions the 1790 Treaty of New York signed between the United States and Creek Nation, and criticizes "land jobbers" and others who have violated its dictates. Refers to the Hopewell Treaty (1785-1786) between the United States and the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw tribes. Notes that a treaty will be held between Governor William Blount and tribes within the Southwest Territory. Mentions the Yazoo Company, possibly referring to the Yazoo land fraud in Georgia. Discusses tribes living Northwest of the Ohio River, remarking that the Wabash have declined treaty negotiations.