- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Extract of a letter from Colo[nel] E. Clarke, 1781 Nov. 5, Wilk[e]s County, [Georgia]
- Creator:
- Clarke, Elijah, 1733-1799
- Date of Original:
- 1781-11-05
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Wars
Georgia. Militia
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- official reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is an extract of a letter from Colonel E(lijah?) Clarke in Wilkes County, Georgia to an unknown recipient dated November 5, 1781. Clarke states that he and his troops recently invaded and burned numerous Indian towns and settlements (probably Cherokee), killed over forty Indians, and destroyed several hundred bushels of corn and supplies. Two white men were also taken prisoner from the Indian towns. It is likely that this military action was associated with the Revolutionary War effort.
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. - Local Identifier:
- krc067
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc067
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc067#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc067/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Keith Read, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 04, folder 71, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Extract of a letter from Colo. [Colonel] E. Clark, dated
Wilks County
15th. Nov. 1781 --
I can with pleasure inform you of our Success -- on the 6th. Inst. [Instant] we entered the towns undiscovered, killed about forty Indian fellows & two white men, took upwards of forty prisoners. two of which were whites burnt Seven towns four of which were principal, beside a number of out Villages and plantations, Some thousand Bushels of Corn and a large quantity of other provisions were distroyed [destroyed] - Some few made their escape & flew to the mountains for refuge whome [whom] we pursued, Killed Some & found Some Hundred bushells [bushels] of Corn, which they had hid --
Page: [2]
From Colonel Clarke
Extract
15 Novr. [November] 1780
[unclear text: Ethan ] Clarke Indian Expedition
White men killed and taken with the Indiens [Indians]