- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1786 Oct. 11 [to] Capt[ain] William Davenport/ T. Mingo
- Creator:
- Mingo, T.
- Date of Original:
- 1786-10-11
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Government relations
Indians of North America--Warfare - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter from (Tuskiatapa?) Mingo to Captain William Davenport dated October 11, 1786 expressing his desire to keep peaceful relations between his own and Davenport's people. He goes on to explain that his people refuse to receive talks from the Spanish and Creeks, but warns that although he and the other elderly leaders remain loyal, the younger members of the Nation may not. Mingo wants to know the intent of Davenport's people and wishes that they would supply them like the English formerly had. Mingo believes that his Nation will soon enter into war with the Creeks and Delawares.
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:
- tcc120
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc120
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc120#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc120/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 22, document 05.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Brother
You have sett [set] down in our Land, for some time, and have seen and heard Everything, now your hart [heart] [unclear text: tell ] you to go to your own Land which makes us Sorry, As you look like one of our Old People and have never [unclear text: told ] us a [document damaged: lie ] We have sent a number of talks to your beloved People, but have received no Answer. We have talk'd [talked] with them, and made us promises but we have not heard from them since, which makes us think they mean to deceive us, or have us away, -- Still we are holding our hands open Wishing to receive them, but as you are going to your beloved men, you can Inform them everything; When you return, we shall be shure [sure] to hear the whole Brother I wish never to [unclear text: leave ] you away & my Ears shall always be Open to hear from you, My Nation lays near the Middle Ground, and my traders gets goods from the Spaniards, who are Continually Sending me talks but I will not receive them. And shoud [should] you be inform'd [informed] whist [while] you are gone that I take any other People by the hand be sure it is false, I can prove by Hardy [unclear text: Perry ] who is my Linguist that I pay no Attention to any talks from any other people, [unclear text: Tho' [Though] ] they hold their talks in one Hand and their Sharp Weapon in the Other for you are the people I have fought and died with and intend always to do so -- I expect another talk Every day from the Spaniards with the Painted Hatchet, as we received the Other from the Creeks, if they have a mind to Kill us be so, for we never will take a talk against our Old Brother, Tuskepatapa Mingo and myself is now Old, We have always Known you to be our friends, We cannot expect to live long, then we cannot tell what the Nation may do, as some
11 Oct 1786
Talk
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of them has got Spanish Medals, which they were Oblig'd [Obliged] to in order to get Goods when they were poor. But now say they woud [would] Rejoice to see your beloved men to take them by the hand, Brother you have been with us some time, And can prove to your beloved People, what our answer have been to the talks that have been sent us, since you have been in the Land, altho' [although] we are but Red men we wish to know the truth of things, and we are in hopes [illegible text] you shou'd [should] not come back yourself, you will speak to your beloved men to send some person with the truth to us that we may know what to do, all our wishes is to be at peace and am in hopes if you shoud [should] hear any thing against us, you will let us know it as we shall do you, As your beloved men will know if there will be a war, and we shall be glad to know it too, I shou'd [should] have gone to the last treaty when I was call'd [called] but was afraid I shou'd [should] be treated as I was at Cumberland and only loose [lose] my Horses, formerly we were under the English who kept our Town full of Powder Bullets and good Knives which made us able to defend our Land, now they are gone we get none [deleted text: [illegible text] ] We were formerly call'd [called] the English Red People, now we woud [would] wish to be call'd [called] your Red People, and am in hopes you will treat us as the English has done, I expect Brother before we see you again to be at War with the Creeks and Delawarrs, and are in a poor situation for it, But will do it before we will take their talks against you, Brother we have seen you and our hearts are with you, and if you cannot Come, and send us a writing, we will come --
Oct. 11th 1786
[Signed] [unclear text: Tuskiatapa ] T Mingo
Capt. William Davenport