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Letter, John Pitchlynn, Choctaw Nation, to Governor Williams, reporting that a Council was held to discuss the recent mischief, that the deceased Indian's kin promised to shed no innocent blood but to kill on sight the man who began the quarrel if he does not die from wounds already received, that whites sold the Indians whiskey, abused them, and fired the first shot, that the Chiefs told them that if they did any mischief they would not have the protection of the Nation, and that the Chiefs asked that the whiskey trade be prevented.

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  • Doc Number: 938
  • Administration: Robert Williams
  • Date(s): 1808-09-15
  • Description: Letter, John Pitchlynn, Choctaw Nation, to Governor Williams, reporting that a Council was held to discuss the recent mischief, that the deceased Indian's kin promised to shed no innocent blood but to kill on sight the man who began the quarrel if he does not die from wounds already received, that whites sold the Indians whiskey, abused them, and fired the first shot, that the Chiefs told them that if they did any mischief they would not have the protection of the Nation, and that the Chiefs asked that the whiskey trade be prevented.
  • Call Number: Series 0488
  • Filename: 488-0938-02.tif