- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Claim] 1816 Aug. 29, Cherokee Agency / [signed by] Tetoneskee; witness[ed by] Lewis Ross
- Creator:
- Tetoneskee
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen , box 1, folder 87, document pa0220.
- Date of Original:
- 1816-08-29
- Subject:
- Tennessee. Militia
Indians of North America--Claims
Indians of North America--Crimes against - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- claims
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a spoliation claim regarding fourteen hogs belonging to Tetoneskee that were stolen by the Tennessee Militia.
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. - Local Identifier:
- pa0220
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0220
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0220#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0220/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen , Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Te to nes kee states & complains that the Tennessee Militia encamped two days in his field in
November [unclear text: 1815 ] on the [unclear text: Tennessee ] river & that they killed fourteen of his hogs, [added text: & ] he found their skins & heads after the Militia had gone down the river.
6 Hogs large ones at 5$ each. 30.00
4 do [ditto] smaller... at 3$... 18.00
4 at smaller....at 1$.. 4.00
$52.00
[Signed] Te to nes kee x mark Cherokee Agency
29 Aug. 1816
witness
[Signed] Lewis Ross
Page: [2]
96
Te to nes kees Spoilation [Spoliation] claim
$52.00