1. William Blount’s letter to Knox of 16 Nov. enclosed letters reporting about Indian activity in the Southwest Territory and a letter from the Spanish governor of Louisiana, Baron de Carondelet, to the Cherokees that promised aid “Should an attempt be made to deprive his friends of their lands, or drive them from their villages,” but otherwise counseled peace and asked them to “suspend all hostilities.” Blount commented, “I consider war with the Creeks unavoidable, and my hope of peace with the Cherokees is not abated, but increased, since it is certain that General Logan has been disappointed in his intended invasion of their country” (ASP description begins Walter Lowrie et al., eds. American State Papers. Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. 38 vols. Washington, D.C., Gales and Seaton, 1832–61. description ends , Indian Affairs, 1:538–41).

2. These letters have not been identified.