[Letter] 1793 Apr. 17, Wilk[e]s C[oun]ty, Georgia [to] Colo[nel] James Madison, Orange C[oun]ty, Virginia / Henry Winslow Winslow, Henry, fl.1793 Cherokee Indians--Claims against Cherokee Indians--Warfare This is a letter from Henry Winslow in Wilkes County, Georgia to Colonel James Madison (later President of the U.S. 1809-1817), in Orange County, Virginia. Winslow reports to Madison on the escalation of Cherokee violence in the area, mentions the alleged murder of two men by the Cherokees on Cedar Creek, and indicates that the citizens are desirous of a war. Winslow also states that a Cherokee trader recently informed him that a group of nearly 250 Cherokees had joined an unnamed Indian nation to the north in their battles with General (Charles ?) Scott and suffered great losses. Document ID: krc166. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia Hargrett Library 2001 Reports Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:krc166 2 pages/leaves text/html image/jpeg image/x-djvu Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 29, folder 07, document 01. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1793-04-17 Georgia This work is the property of the University of Georgia Libraries. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Cite as: [title of item], Keith Read, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia