- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Statement of] the prisoners (all women) brought in from Thomas County, Georgia, Fort Mitchell, 1836 Sept. 28 / [signed by] J.A.[?] Chambers
- Date of Original:
- 1836-09-28
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Relocation
Creek Indians--Crimes against
Women prisoners - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Statement dated September 28, 1836 given at Fort Mitchell by Creek women taken prisoner in Thomas County, Georgia by American forces. Being interrogated, the women describe their recent travel and capture, explaining that a party of about 112 Creeks crossed the Chattahoochee River on rafts about three months ago and divided into two parties. Both parties were attacked by whites. Many men and women were killed, and some were taken prisoner. Yoholo Harjo, Neamathla, and Neah Micco's nephew (Cheloke Harjo ?) are mentioned.
Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- cim004
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cim004
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cim004#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cim004/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Creek Indian Manuscripts, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Creek Indian Manuscripts, box 01, folder 01, document 04.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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The prisoners (all women) brought in from Thomas County, Georgia- state as follows.
The party to which they belonged crossed the Chattahoochie just three months since, in all about 112, seventy of which were Warriors- They were headed by Cheloke or Chelocke Harjo, a nephew of Neah Micco's- crossed the river just below the mouth of the Hatchee [unclear text: Chubbe ], on rafts which I understood them to say they were about a week preparing- after crossing divided into two parties, one of which was overtaken, by the whites on the third day, and two of the men killed- some of the women taken- the rest of the party got off, and scattered. The other was attacked on the other side of the Flint river, and six men & seven women killed- the rest 5 in number, taken prisoners- all the men killed- all of the above people crossed the Chattahoochie on the Night of the day on which Yoholo harjo &c [et cetera] surrendered- They knew that Eneah Mathla had been taken prisoner, and it was about a week after his capture that they crossed the river- They state that they understood that three other parties crossed the Chattahoochie at the Oswitchee Bend soon after the first hostile party was sent to Arkansas- they know nothing of them after they crossed- They further stated that they knew that about twenty Uchees had recrossed to Ala: [Alabama] - To the question of what had become of them? they answered they did not know- supposed they were in the Cowaggee.-
Fort Mitchell
Septem [September] 28" 1836
[Signed] [unclear text: JA ] Chambers
[unclear text: Lt & A.D.C ]