- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1785 Sept. 19, Chotee [i.e., Chota ?] to Gov[ernor of North Carolina, Richard] Caswell / Col[onel] Joseph Martin of an image
- Creator:
- Martin, Joseph
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 1, folder 17, document ch013.
- Date of Original:
- 1785-09-19
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Government relations
Indian agents
Cherokee Indians--Government relations - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- official reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a copy of a letter from Colonel Joseph Martin to Richard Caswell, Governor of North Carolina (1776-1780, 1784-1787), dated September 19, 1785. Martin reports that he has assumed the duties of Indian agent (to the Cherokees) and has a considerably difficult summer due to frequent encroachments by inhabitants of the state of Franklin, as well as meddlesome talks from the Spaniards and the western Indians. He mentions the former British agent, Mr. McDonald and his relationship with the Chickamaugas, Alexander McGillivray, and the Creeks.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- ch013
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch013
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch013#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch013/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], State Library Cherokee Collection, The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
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N.C. State &
Col. Joseph Martin to Gov. Caswell
Chotee,
19 Sept., 1785.
Dear Sir: etc.-
"I am now on the duties of the office (Indian Agent) and have had more trouble with the Indians in the course of the Summer, than I ever had, owing to the rapid encroachment of the people from the New State (Franklin), together with the Talks from the Spaniards and the western Indians.
Two Wyandot Chiefs are now at Chickamagga, etc.-
The Indians here are much concerned at the people living on Little River, I refer your Excellency
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to their talks which they have counciled [counseled] on for six days.
I have with much pains and some artifice prevailed on Mr. McDonald, the former British Agent, to correspond with me. I have enclosed a copy of his letter to your Excellency in case of a war with any foreign power. he may be very service [added text: a ] ble or very dangerous.
He lives about 25 miles south west from Chickamagga. Which is the [unclear text: Hougest [Hugest] ] part of the Cherokee Nation. He has great influence with the Indians on that quarter, deals at Pensacola, corresponds with Mr. Gilvry, in the Creek Nation and one Mr. McClatchey at the mouth of St. Mary's, a British Merchant who furnishes some part
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of the Towns near him with goods. I flatter myself that with his Assistance I shall be able to furnish your Excellency with the earliest and best Intelligence that can be had from that quarter.