United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-18161798-03-09This document is a letter from Benjamin Hawkins, U.S. Agent to the Creek Indians, to James Jackson, Governor of Georgia (1798-1801), dated March 9, 1798. Hawkins reports that he has information from a Cusseta (also Kasihta) warrior that indicates that a recent murder of a white man named Allen was committed by two unnamed Uchee (also Yuchi) Indians. Hawkins states that he has dispatched two runners to the Creek Nation to obtain information about the incident. He also remarks on the status of a supply store in Coleraine (Camden County, Georgia).Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegcmt013engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, C. Mildred Thompson, box 01, folder 13, document 01.Creek Indians--Claims againstYuchi Indians--Claims againstIndian agents[Letter] 1798 Mar. 9, Fort Wilkinson, [Georgia to] James Jackson, Governor of Georgia / Benjamin HawkinsText