United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Barnard, Timothy, 1745-18201814-08-05This is a letter dated August 5, 1814 from Timothy Barnard, an Indian trader and sometimes assistant agent to the Creek Indians, to a man identified only as Mr. Mumford. Barnard warns Mumford that he has heard news of trouble on the Ocmulgee River. Chiefs from Aumauculle (?) sent word to white settlers in the area to expect trouble, but promised that neither their people nor the Hitchetaws (Hitchiti Indians?) were responsible for the trouble. Barnard also reports that a Chehaw man crossed paths with four men headed towards Hartford who admitted that some of their business there included stealing horses. Barnard goes on to warn that the British have joined forces with some Indian groups, as well as several hundred black soldiers, and are building forts in the area and near the junction of the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers.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/jpegtcc682engMode 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 15.Creek Indians--Claims againstGreat Britain--Foreign relations--United StatesUnited States--Foreign relations--Great BritainAfrican Americans--Relations with IndiansCreek War, 1813-1814Creek War, 1813-1814--Participation, BritishCreek War, 1813-1814--Participation, African American[Letter] 1814 Aug. 5, Flint River, [Georgia to] Mr. Mumford / Tim[oth]y BarnardText