- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1832 Dec. 20, Camp Lumpkin, Etowa[h, Georgia to] Wilson Lumpkin, [Governor of Georgia], Milledgeville, G[eorgi]a / W[illia]m W. Williamson
- Creator:
- Williamson, William W.
- Date of Original:
- 1832-12-20
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims against
Murder - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter from William W. Williamson, of the Georgia Guard, to Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia (1831-1835), dated December 20, 1832. Williamson reports that a white family, the Bowmans, were recently murdered in their home by a group of Indians from Salacoe (?) Town (probably a Cherokee town on Salacoa Creek, a tributary of the Coosawattee River). He indicates that this atrocity is an aberration and that the Indians are generally not hostile towards whites in the area. Williamson suggests that the murder may have been the result of a personal dispute between the Bowmans and the Indians.
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:
- tcc541
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc541
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc541#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc541/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:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 49A, folder 04, document 04.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Camp Lumpkin Etowa
December 20. 1832
His Excellency Wilson Lumpkin
Sir
It is with great regret that I am constrained to inform Your Excellency of a most daring. & Violent Murder Committed by the Indians of the Salacoe Town On a Mr. Bowman & Family. The entire Family was inhumanely butchered and the Dwelling consumed by Fire. From the report enclosed addressed to your Excellency. But directed to Genl. [General] Coffee or myself the horrid deed was committed on the night of the 15th. Inst. [Instant] But from the circumstance of that part of the country being very thinly settled it was [added text: not ] discovered until Monday last past. I have as yet received no information on this subject other than that contained in the enclosed report. Immediately on my receiving the information which rd [reached] us early this morning. On my way from Head Quarters to this Station I detached a command & sent them with dispatch to the neighborhood where the unfortunate occurrence took place [deleted text: & ] An express from the command will meet [added text: me ] On tomorrow evening Twenty five miles distant from this place, at which time all the information that can be obtained relative to this unhappy transaction I [deleted text: may ] am in hopes I shall receive. If it should be necessary in my opinion for the security of that part of the country I shall proceed forthwith. With the entire Guard & remain until further orders. I cannot think that there is any settled or determined Hostility existing with the Indians against the Whites Generally in this County. There must of been some personal difficulty between this unfortunate Family & the Indians The whole neighborhood were in the same situation unsuspecting & unprotected. Your Excellency
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may rest perfectly satisfyed [satisfied] that all that can be done with the limited means that I have, shall be done, Your Excellency will be constantly advised of everything appertaining to this command as soon as time & circumstances will possible admit
I am respectfully your Excellencys Obedt Servt. [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] Wm. [William] W. Williamson
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His Excellency Wilson Lumpkin Milledgeville G--a [Georgia]
Express
(Express)
Wm. [William] W. Williamson
20 Decemr. [December] 1832