United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Tennessee. Governor (1796-1801 : Sevier)1797-06-08This is a letter, dated June 8, 1797, from Tennessee Governor John Sevier (1796-1801, 1803-1809) to the warriors and chiefs of the Cherokee Nation. Sevier explains that there have been talks of a war between the United States and foreign powers. He says that these powers will make an attempt to get the Cherokee warriors to fight against the Americans, and he warns the chiefs not to let their young men and warriors listen to the talks but remain loyal to the Americans.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpeggs043engManuscript held by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Governor Sevier, box 1, folder 3, document tl043.Mode 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/United States--Politics and government--1783-1809United States--Foreign relations--Great BritainGreat Britain--Foreign relations--United StatesCherokee Indians--Government relations[Letter] 1797 June 8, Knoxville, [Tennessee to the] warriors and cheifs [sic] of the Cherokee Nation / J[ohn] Sevier of an imageText