EDITORIAL: The reason the cherokee could not control the Chickamauga is that the Chickamauga were NOT cherokee and would have never be controlled by a group of people which they did not respect.
Turmoil In The Southeast
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Governor Blount reports on the tumultuous state of Indian affairs in the southeast. He believes the Creeks and Cherokees cannot be controlled by their chiefs and therefore seem likely to go to war. The Chickasaws and Choctaws seem disposed toward peace.
notable phrase - ...consequently all [Indians] who seek national honors will shed the blood of white people as Indians no longer kill Indians...And to throw more light upon this subject I conceive it necessary here to add that the want of government both in the Creeks and Cherokees is such that all the chiefs in either nation can neither restrain nor punish the most worthless fellow...war dissolves all treaties...the Chickasaws and Choctaws breathe the warmest spirit of friendship for the United States...
notable phrase - ...consequently all [Indians] who seek national honors will shed the blood of white people as Indians no longer kill Indians...And to throw more light upon this subject I conceive it necessary here to add that the want of government both in the Creeks and Cherokees is such that all the chiefs in either nation can neither restrain nor punish the most worthless fellow...war dissolves all treaties...the Chickasaws and Choctaws breathe the warmest spirit of friendship for the United States...
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(C) This document was produced at the request of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 18, 2019, to document the History, Anthropology, Culture, Religion, and Archaeology of The Chickamauga Nation.