United States, Georgia, Decatur County, Flint River, 30.7088, -84.86381Barnard, Timothy, 1745-18201787-08-01This is a letter dated August 1, 1787 from Timothy Barnard, an Indian trader and, by some accounts, an agent to the Creeks (possibly written to George Mathews, Governor of Georgia, 1787-1788) detailing troubles between the Cusseta (Creek) Indians and white settlers. Barnard relates the tale of two white men, identified only as Jones and Jarvis, who arrived at the Cusseta settlement at Buzzard Roost on the Flint River and told the Indians there that they had just seen 600 men near the Oconee River who were preparing to march against the Cussetas. The Indians were enraged and killed both Jones and Jarvis, only to learn soon thereafter from a slave who had accompanied the two men that they had made up the entire tale. Barnard goes on to detail troubles between some French traders and various Indians in Georgia. He also describes a conference that he attended along with (John?) Galphin, interpreter James Durouzeaux, and Creek leader Alexander McGillivray and warns of future trouble for frontier whites.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.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc671engMode 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/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 01, folder 11, document 04.Creek Indians--Claims against[Letter] 1787 Aug. 1, Flint River / Tim[oth]y BarnardText