WassaseeBrown, RichardBear MeatUnited States, Alabama, Elmore County, Tuckabatchie (historical), 32.49458, -85.89301United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434Kanchestaneskee1813-07-23This document appears to be a letter to Return J. Meigs dated July 23, 1813 and composed by several Cherokee leaders at the request of Chief Pathkiller, informing Meigs of the growing Creek civil war. The authors say that the town of Tooquachee (also Tuckabatchee, Tuckabatchie, Tuckabatchi) in the Creek Nation has been taken from Creek chief Big Warrior and destroyed, and that the majority of the Creek Nation has gone against him to join the rebel party (often referred to as the Red Sticks). The Cherokees indicate that one of the prophets responsible for the uprising has escaped to the Choctaw Nation. Included is a statement from Big Warrior admonishing the Cherokees to arm themselves against the Creeks along their borders.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/jpegpa0214engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 71, document pa0214.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/Cherokee IndiansCherokee Indians--WarfareCreek War, 1813-1814[Letter] 1813 July 23, Creek Path [to] Colonel Return J. Meigs, Highwassee [i.e., Hiwassee, Cherokee Nation] / Kanchestaneskee ... [et al.]Text