Articles of agreement, 1794 Oct. 12, Knoxville, [Tennessee] / [signed by] David Moore and William Blount, Governor of Tennessee of an image Moore, David Blount, William, 1749-1800 Chickasaw Indians--Government relations Choctaw Indians--Government relations Creek Indians--Claims against Cherokee Indians--Claims against This document is an agreement between Tennessee Governor William Blount and David Moore of Knoxville, dated October 12, 1794. Moore agrees to take charge of a boat carrying goods belonging to the Chickasaws and Choctaws and administer its journey down the Tennessee River to the mouth of Bear Creek, as so directed by Chickasaw Chief Opoia Mingo (possibly Piomingo). Moore is also responsible for protecting the boat and its passengers against attacks by the Creeks and Cherokees. Furthermore, the article outlines how Moore and his crew will be compensated. Document ID: wbp005. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries 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 Hoskins Library University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries 2001 Legal documents Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:wbp005 4 pages/leaves text/html image/jpeg image/x-djvu Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, William Blount Papers , box 1, folder 5, document tl005. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1794-10-12 Tennessee This work is the property of the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. 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], William Blount Papers , Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia