Peace with Lower Cherokee
War Department Papers
All misspellings are in the original
Description 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.
note Cited in Blount to Knox, 11/03/1794. Enclosed in Blount to Robertson, 11/01/1794, and Knox to Congress, 12/17/1794.