JONES COUNTY, GA - HISTORY LETTERS  James Moore (Indian Trader) to Gen David Adams

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[Letter], 1814 May 20, Ocmulgee, Jasper County, [Georgia to] Major Gen[era]l
David Adams, Ocmulgee, Jasper County, [Georgia] / James Moore [and] James
Taylor


author: Moore, James; Taylor, James
date: May 20, 1814
extent: 3p
summary: Letter dated May 20, 1814 from James Moore
and James Taylor giving report to Major General David
Adams about their ordered surveillance of the
Tallapoosa River to determine the amount of hostile
Indians remaining in the Horseshoe Bend area. Moore
and Taylor describe meeting two men of the Ockfuskees
(also Oakfuskees) who describe the loss of warriors
suffered by the Creek Red Sticks during the battles
of Horseshoe Bend, Talladega, and others. These men
also tell Moore and Taylor about peace terms proposed
by Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, Agent to the Creeks.
repository: Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of
Georgia Libraries
collection: Telamon Cuyler
box: 77
folder: 01
document: 01
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