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Creek Nation
1799, 1812
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Physical Description: 2 Items; letters.
"Record of Events," received June 3, 1921, purchase from
Stan V. Henkels, manuscript dealer, Hawkins letter of
April 27, 1812. No information on letter of 1799.
Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1816); born Warren County; senior at
Princeton when Revolutionary War began; served on General Washington's
staff and acted as his interpreter (French); member N. C. House of Commons,
1778-1779, 1784; chosen by General Assembly agent to procure arms and
munition for the state, 1780; Continental Congress, 1781-1784, 1786-1787;
Congressional appointment in 1785 to negotiate treaties with Creek and
Cherokee Indians N.C. Constitutional Convention, 1789; U.S. Senate,
1789-1795; appointed by President Washington as Indian agent for all
tribes south of the Ohio River, 1796; held that office until his death
in 1816; buried in Crawford County, Georgia. [Note: Hawkins's death
date is given in various sources as 1816, 1818, and 1819). For further
biographical information see Dictionary of American Biography and S. A.
Ashe' 8 Biographical History of North Carolina, V, 144.
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A four-page document contains manuscript copies of three letters,
labeled! "Indian Affairs, 1799." Two are "talks" from Creek Indian chiefs
to the Governor of Georgia certified by Benjamin Hawkins, as interpreted
by James Love. The first is dated October 20, 1799 from the chief ("micco")
of Cowetuh (Coweta), Cussetuh (Cusseta/Kasihta) , and Tallauhassee towns
re the return of slaves belonging to Mrs. McIntosh and desire to live in
peace with white neighbors. A second letter from the Cussetuh Micco, n.d.,
concerns the search for the murderer of Moreland at Chulapocca, believed
killed by an Indian, and a promise to execute him on the spot when found.
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