Today in Chickamauga History - November 1
1788, November 1: Regarding the killings of Cherokees and desire for peace - Authors recount the killings of Cherokees and the pledges of satisfaction by Congress and Governor of Virginia. Express the wish for peace. Ask that they not be blamed for actions of Creeks. Headmen and Warriors of the Cherokee Nation - author note: The Badger; The Crane; Bloody Fellow; Jobber's Son; Killygiskee; Yellow Bird; Bear coming out of the tree; Thigh; Pumpkin Vine; Chesnut; Hanging Maw; The Lyin Fawghn; The Englisman. - https://wardepartmentpapers.org/s/home/item/39616
1794, November 1: Peace with Lower Cherokee - After having corresponded with Double-head, Chief of the Cherokees, Governor William Blount of Southwest Territory orders that General Benjamin Logan immediately desist from attempts to invade Lower Cherokee towns, who are in a state of peace with the United States. Rogue elements of the military had previously destroyed the friendly Cherokee towns of Nickajack and Running Water. - http://wardepartmentpapers.org/s/home/item/48505
1794, November 1: Enclosed letters on the Lower Cherokees – William Blount, Governor of Southwest Territory, encloses copies of his letters to Colonel Whitley and General Benjamin Logan, regarding the illegal attacks on Lower Cherokee towns. The governor is quite upset about these rogue actions, as the Cherokee - and in particular, their principal chief Double-head - are in a state of peace with the United States. - Notable Person/Group: Double Head - https://wardepartmentpapers.org/s/home/item/48507
1794, November 1: Illegal attack on Cherokee - Letter from William Blount, Governor of Southwest Territory, to Double-head, Chief of the Lower Cherokees. Blount warns Double-head that General Logan of Kentucky has raised a "large army of volunteers, unauthorized by Government, to invade and destroy the Lower Cherokee towns." General Logan's reasoning behind the illegal attack is that the Lower towns have provoked violence on the frontier, and stolen horses and black slaves. Double-head and the Cherokee are allies of the United States. Blount advises that Double-head immediately return all prisoners, negroes, and horses, so the people of Kentucky will not attack. - Notable Person/Group: Double Head – Notable Location: Tellico Block House, Lookout Mountain, Will’s Town - https://wardepartmentpapers.org/s/home/item/48508
1794, November 1: Illegal attack on Lower Cherokee towns - Governor William Blount of Southwest Territory discusses General Benjamin Logan's illegal invasion of Lower Cherokee towns, who are at peace with the United States. Blount calls this action an "illegal and unauthorized enterprise," states that "he has no legal authority for so doing." Blount claims that his "feelings of humanity" should compel him to desist. - Notable Person/Group: Double Head - https://wardepartmentpapers.org/s/home/item/48506
1819, November 1: Laws: The Cherokee Nation, &C. – “Resolved by the National Committee and Council, That in case any person or persons, citizens of the nation, not enrolled for the Arkansas country, who has or may take possession of, and occupy and improvement or place where Arkansas emigrants had left before any privileged emigrants to continue in this nation, shall retake possession of such place or places aforesaid, shall be entitled to an exclusive right of the same.”
By order – John Ross President National Council
Approved – Path Killer
Charles R. Hicks
A. McCoy, Clerk
1838, November 1: Twelve members of a group of twenty Cherokee in western North Carolina who have evaded the round up and forced emigration are captured and held under guard by three enlisted me and a lieutenant. During the night, two of the soldiers are killed and one wounded, while the lieutenant escapes into the night, as do the prisoners.