- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- A talk of the Headmen and Warriors of the Lower Creek Nation, 1786 Apr. 23
- Creator:
- Headmen and Warriors of the Lower Creek Nation
- Date of Original:
- 1786-04-23
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Land tenure
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- speeches
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a talk of the headmen and warriors of the lower Creek Nation to the Governor of Georgia and the state commissioners, dated April 23, 1786. The lower Creek leaders express their discontent with encroachments by white settlers across the Oconee River, Georgia. They assert, however, that they intend to preserve peace and friendship between themselves and the whites as long as no further encroachments take place. They also describe the disposition of the Upper Creeks who have continued to incite violence between the whites and the Creeks as a result of their disapproval of recent land cessions. The talk is signed by Innehau Mico, and (Tholottivyege ?) of the Chehaws and was translated by James Durouzeaux.
Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tcc111
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc111
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc111#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc111/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, 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, Telamon Cuyler, box 77, folder 18, document 02.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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[document damaged: A Talk from the Headmen and Warriors of ] the Lower Creek Nation
To his honor The Governor and comiss [document damaged: io ] nors for the State of Georgia
Frends [Friends] and Brothers
We send you this our frendley [friendly] Talk in hoeps [hopes] it will be Receved [Received] as Sutch [Such], and to Lett [Let] Know that we have haed [had] Some baed [bad] Talk in the u [document damaged: pp ] er Touns [Towns] in Concequence [Consequence] of the incrotchments [encroachments] that has been maed [made] by the white people on our Hunting Grounds, but we are Now Glad that we can Lett [Let] you know that it is all over and a Stope [Stop] put to any more Sutch [Such] Talk that might arise by baed [bad] maed [mad] people -- We the Lower Touns [Towns] are Glad to haer [hear] from Our people Who have been hunting Over the Ockoney River this Winter of the Good uss [document damaged: es ] and Sevilety [Civility] they Receved [Received] from the White peoples Espasheley [Especially] of no horses being Stole on Ether [Either] partey [party] and We hoeps [hopes] that thaer [their] Selvililey [Civility] and frendship [friendship] to Ech [Each] Other Will continue, we Send this our talke [talk] to you for faer [fear] that Some [unclear text: lying ] Reports might have gone Doune [Down] and put the White people in an alerm [alarm], and as We have people now doune [down] in your Setlements [Settlements] inosentley [innocently] Hunting. Some of your unroely [unruly] White people might Do them Some Harme [Harm] Which might cause a Great [Graet] [unclear text: Daeth [Death] ] of Troble [Trouble] on both Sieds [Sides] but we hoeps [hopes] you Will Not Give Credit or beleve [believe] any Sutch [Such] Reports as Might be Sent or caraed [carried] Doune [Down] to you. We have further to [unclear text: Decier [Desire] ] that no incrotchment [encroachment] may be maed [made] any Whaer [Where] Over the Ockoney River as the uper [upper] Touns [Towns] are intierley [entirely] against any of the Laet [Late] Grants of Land. We hoepe [hope] the path will Still be White and Staight [Straight] betwen [between] us and frendships [friendships] continue
By Order of the Haedmen [Headmen] & Worriors [Warriors] of the Lower Creek
[Signed] Jas. [James] Durouzeaux [unclear text: I.I. ]
[Signed] Innehau Mico
[Signed] [unclear text: Folottivyege ] of the [unclear text: Chehauess ]
23 April 1786 Cussittau Squaer [Square]
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Talk from the lower Towns of the Creek Nation --
23d Apl. [23rd April] 1786
Indian affairs