United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-18161815-01-04This is an unsigned letter dated January 4, 1815 that is purportedly from Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, U.S. Agent to the Creeks, to Creek leader General William McIntosh and may be an extract. The document contains the information of the Speaker of the Lower Creeks indicating that a chief warrior led a party towards the frontier of Georgia, killed five white people, and carried their scalps to the British just below the confluence of the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers. The speaker also said that there were a few white troops at Forbes's store, on the Appalachicola River, along with some Choctaw warriors from Fort Jackson. Runaway and stolen slaves were also reportedly nearby, and provisions, especially meat, were very scarce.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/jpegtcc886engMode 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 76, folder 25, document 18.Creek Indians--Government relationsChoctaw Indians--WarfareCreek Indians--WarfareFugitive slavesGreat Britain--Foreign relations--1800-1837McIntosh, William, ca. 1775-1825Letter, 1815 Jan. 4, Fort Mitchell to Gen[era]l [William] McIntosh / Colo[nel] Benjamin HawkinsText