Today in Chickamauga History - May 18
1793, May 18: Henry Knox to Tobias Lear – War Department –The letters from William Blount to Knox of 18, 20, and 25 April, and their enclosures, addressed the relations in the Southwest Territory between Americans and the Creek and Cherokee nations (ASP, Indian Affairs, 1:449–51; see also JPP, 144). The letter from Kentucky governor Isaac Shelby to Knox of 18 April, which proposed war against the Chickamauga to halt Indian depredations on the frontier, has not been identified (ibid., 143). James Wilkinson’s letter to Knox of 31 Mar. enclosed an unidentified letter from army paymaster Daniel Britt to Wilkinson of 27 Mar. “stating the rect. of 30,752⅓ dolls . . . & the deficiency thereof to pay arrearages” (ibid., 143–44). -
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-12-02-0480
1836, May 18: The Treaty of New Echota is ratified in the United States Senate by just a single vote necessary for the required number.
1840, May 18: John ROSS submits his claim against the federal government for the expenses of the Removal.