History Of Plymouth Plantation

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He Came Of A Valiant Race

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...leaving Fort Peyton on the 7th inst., and proceeding south....

Fort Peyton (Florida) LOC 1839 Map

...a large Seminole villae, near Mosquito Inlet, was reached, and, after surrounding it, at dawn of day on the 10th the dragoons, under McNeil and May, charged the enemy... .  Our loss was the gallant McNeil, who received a mortal wound while leading his men.  This officer--one of the youngest in service--was deeply regretted, both on account of personal and professional worth; he came of a valiant race--son of General John McNeil, late of the army, and grandson of General Benjamin Pierce,* of New Hampshire, a hero of the Revolution.

*Father of McNeil's mother, Elizabeth Andrews Pierce McNeil, and President Franklin Pierce

 

Indians of Illinois after the War of 1812

The Pacification of the Indians of Illinois after the War of 1812, Lizzie M. Brown:

Captain Cresap

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 ...that the very circumstance of his appointment to the command of this company is the strongest possible evidence of the high estimation in which he stood with his fellow citizens at that period, to wit: in June, 1775; and that, as he died in less than four months after this date, and as his ashes have been honored and permitted to repose in peace for many years... . 

Michael Cresap's entry at Wikitree.

Marching In The Seminole Wars

 Marching from Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; near Shawneetown, Illinois; Kentucky, Tennessee; Georgia and Florida:

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Native American Apology To Governor Of Detroit

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A Guide To Manuscripts Relating To American History In British Depositories

"A guide to manuscripts relating to American history in British depositories reproduced for the Division of manuscripts of the Library of Congress"

...the Library of Congress entered upon a consistent and continuous program of procuring reproductions of manuscripts in European archives which relate to American history.

Vol. 17. Same. 1763-1764. Selections: Six letters of John Stuart, agent for Indian affairs in the southern district, to the Board of Trade. Charles Town. Dec. 1, 1763, Jan. 16, Feb. 23, [ca. Feb. 23], Mar. 9, 1764. Savannah. Mar. 23, 1764. Photostats. 

Vol. 18. Same. 1764-1766. Selections: Four letters of John Stuart, superintendent of Indian affairs in the southern district, to the Board of Trade. Savannah, Mar. 23, 1764. Charles Town, May 5 and 18, 1764. Saint Augustine, July 21, 1764. Photostats. 

Vol. 51. South Carolina. 1787-1788. Selections: Documents presented by Mrs. Sarah Stuart, widow of Colonel John Stuart, superintendent for Indian affairs in the southern district of North America. [1787?]. Photostats. 

Agent Stickney, Captain Rhea And Antoine Bondy

Note: Antoine, the son of Joseph Duarte Bondy and Marie Josette Gamelin and also my daughter's 6th great grand uncle.

From the Valley of the upper Maumee River, with historical account of Allen County and the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana (also here):

The agent was thankful for the information, but was doubtful whether to credit or reject it, as a mistake in a matter of so much importance, either way, would prove ruinous to his character and cause his disgraceful ejection from the important office which he held. He had been but three months in office or in the country and was acquainted with but few persons.

The character of Bondie was not known to him, and the nature of his communication was such as to require great secrecy, and if true, immediate preparation for the defense of the fort. [Benjamin Franklin] Stickney sent a note to Capt. [James] Rhea, the commanding officer of the garrison, desiring a meeting with him in the open esplanade of the fort, where there could be no one to overhear what might be said.

In weighing and comparing chances and consequences, he determined that it was better that he should be ruined in his reputation, and the government suffer all sacrifices consequent upon the falsity of the report, than that they should both suffer if it proved true. He, therefore, sent a second time to Capt. Rhea, and declared his intention to make the report and give it his sanction. He informed him that he had just received a dispatch from Gov. Harrison, from Vincennes, saying that he was going to Cincinnati, where he must be addressed, if necessary, and that he should send an express to him, directed to that city, and another to Captain Taylor, at Fort Harrison. 

Reconstruction Of Fort Wayne

When nearly ready to dispatch his messenger, Capt. Rhea sent a note to him requesting that he would delay his express to Cincinnati, until he could write a letter to the governor of Ohio, informing him of the report. Stickney complied with this request, and the express was sent with letters to Gov. Harrison and Gov. Meigs. Active preparations were now begun by the little garrison of 100 for defense. Such men as could be spared with teams were employed to send off ladies who were there, with children, to the frontier; and it was subsequently ascertained that within a few hours after the messengers had started, the Indians drew their lines around the fort.

[Captain Rhea]...met the agent, heard his communication and dismissed it by observing that Bondie was a trifling fellow and no reliance could be placed upon what he said. This increased the perplexity of the agent. He sent for Bondie and his interpreter, to have a cross-examination. This being completed, it remained for the agent either to pass the matter without notice and incur the chances of the siege by the Indians of the two posts, to be followed by a regular force of British troops with artillery without any preparation for defense or relief from abroad, or to report the information, without attaching to it his official belief in its correctness, in which case it would have no effect.

The Indian warriors, to the number of some 500, as then supposed, assembled in the neighborhood of the fort; and it was evident that they had hopes of getting possession of it by stratagem. They would lie in wait near the fort, day after day, a few near, but the majority of them as much out of sight as possible. 

North Carolina To Tennessee

FLOWERING of the CUMBERLAND by Harriette Simpson Arnow...:

North Carolina had used land (she had no cash) to pay her officers and soldiers for their services in the Revolution... .

Mansker's Station (North of Nashville, Tennessee)

Yet, none of the men out of the Revolution, no matter how great their sufferings during the rebellion or from Indians after settlement, had known the losses in blood, money, and time, or endured the hardships of the first settlers on the Cumberland. These had come away back in the winter of 1779-1780.... .

....[Mr. Buchanan, one of the founders of Nashville, Tennessee]...had been born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but his father, John, Sr., like so many Pennsylvania borderers, had migrated to North Carolina, settling in the neighborhood of Guilford Courthouse, now surrounded by the town of Greensboro.

The Cree Language

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James Evans And The Cree Language

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Note: James Evans' Wikitree profile here.

At Dade's Battle

Rural Florida Scene

Indian Life in Florida  Narrative of the early days and remembrances of Oceola Nikkanochee

Nanticoke Native Americans

Chesapeake by James A. Michener mentioned the Nanticoke tribe.

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The Nanticoke Indians of southern Delaware were first encountered in 1608 by Captain John Smith They then occupied the peninsula between the Atlantic ocean and Chesapeake bay.

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Safer After The Point Pleasant Campaign

FLOWERING of the CUMBERLAND:

The land that was to be Kentucky and Tennessee grew somewhat safer after the Point Pleasant Campaign of 1774...

...that marked the end of Dunmore’s War and the defeat of the Shawnee.

Harrodsburg, Kentucky, was founded in that year. Also came the surveyors, locating boundaries for the land warrants Virginia ...

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...had used to pay her soldiers in the French and Indian War. Some of these, including several hundred acres for George Rogers Clark,...

...were located on the Middle Cumberland in the neighborhood of French Lick, for at this time most thought all the Cumberland was due west of Virginia instead of North Carolina.

Notices of Florida and the Campaigns

1836 Notices of Florida and the Campaigns....:

This treaty was signed Col. James Gadsden on the part of the United States, and by fifteen chiefs and head men from the vagabond Seminole nation. In a letter from Col. James Gadsden...he says I feel assured that they (Ecouchatti Micco and Mulatto King) will ultimately negotiate under the last stipulations of their compact relinquishing their lands and coming in as parties to the treaty of Payne's landing. There can be no difficulty on this subject, for they are a component part of the Seminole Nation, were parties to the treaty of Camp Moultrie... .

Early Tennessee Exploration By Dr. Walker

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THE UPPER CUMBERLAND OF PIONEER TIMES, By Alvin B. Wirt:

"In 1750 Dr. Thomas Walker heading an exploration party in the employ of the Loyal Land Company, came into the upper part of this valley over the old Indian trail and gave the English name 'Cumberland' to the Ouasioto Mountains, as well as to the gap in those mountains through which the path passed into Kentucky, and to the Shawnee River in the valley beyond."

"The Cumberland River, which flows through this section, was first known as the “Ouasioto,” but early French explorers gave it the name “Shavanon,” or Shawnee, because they found a few Indians of the Shawnee tribe living in the lower part of the valley."

Legacy Of The American Revolution

The Legacy of the American Revolution to the British ...:

Also see: Thomas Brown in a Hornet's Nest and The King's Rangers Colonel Brown.

Campaign Of Extermination

"In 1792 Chief John Watts (also known as “Young Tassel”) undertook a campaign of extermination against the Cumberland settlements."

"His plan was to cut off all lines of communication by posting bands of warriors on the two paths leading to the Cumberland, while he, with the main body of 281 warriors, undertook to destroy the fort at Nashville, along with all outlying stations, dwellings, and other improvements."

Fort Southwest Point (near present-day Kingston, Tennessee)

"On hearing of Watt’s plans, Governor Blount ordered Capt. Samuel Handley to take a company of 42 men from Southwest Point to Nashville, and reinforce the garrison there."

We followed the *Avery Trace....(Source)

*"it led from Fort Southwest Point at Kingston through the Cumberland Mountains...from there it worked through the hills and valleys...and finally to Fort Nashborough." (Wikipedia)

"They left Southwest Point over the Cherokee Path, and, upon entering Crab Orchard Gap, were ambushed... ." (From The Upper Cumberland Of Pioneer Times)

Veteran Of Point Pleasant Battle Marched To The Aid Of General Washington

One of the first companies that marched to the aid of Washington when he was at Cambridge in 1775 was that of Captain Michael Cresap, which was raised partly in Maryland and partly in the western part of Virginia. ...his company may be taken as a fair sample of what the riflemen of the frontiers of our country were, and of what they could do. We will therefore give the words of an eyewitness of their performances. This account is taken from the Pennsylvania Journal of August 23rd, 1775.

Battle In Lord Dunmore's War

"On Friday evening last arrived at Lancaster, Pa., on their way to the American camp, Captain Cresap's Company of Riflemen, consisting of one hundred and thirty active, brave young fellows, many of whom have been in the late expedition under Lord Dunmore against the Indians. They bear in their bodies visible marks of their prowess, and show scars and wounds which would do honour to Homer's Iliad.

"At night a great fire was kindled around a pole planted in the Court House Square, where the company with the Captain at their head, all naked to the waist and painted like savages (except the Captain, who was in an Indian shirt), indulged a vast concourse of people with a perfect exhibition of a war-dance and all the manoeuvres of Indians; holding council, going to war; circumventing their enemies by defiles; ambuscades; attacking; scalping, etc. It is said by those who are judges that no representation could possibly come nearer the original. The Captain's expertness and agility, in particular, in these experiments, astonished every beholder. This morning they will set out on their march for Cambridge." [Source]

Directly From Savannah

The Hornet's Nest, A novel of the Revolutionary War by Jimmy Carter, is concerned with the war "as it was fought in Georgia and the Carolinas...".

When William Few assembled Ethan Pratt and other platoon members near Wrightsborough late in June 1779, he gave them some bad news, directly from Savannah.  Indian Superintendent John Stuart had died earlier that year, and Governor Wright and leaders in London had decided to appoint Thomas Brown as superintendent of the Creeks, Cherokees, Catawbas, and a few smaller tribes along the Atlantic Coast.

Also see Thomas Brown In The Hornet's Nest.