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An address to the "Creek and other Indian Nations"

Lot 149
25.04.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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Event locationUSA, New York
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Lot 149 | An address to the "Creek and other Indian Nations"
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WAR OF 1812 – [Edward CODRINGTON (1770-1851)]. Autograph manuscript, draft of an address to the “brave Chiefs and Warriors of the Creek and other Indian Nations” [on board the H.M.S. Tonnant, off Apalachicola, c. 5 December 1814.] [With:] Autograph manuscript, an earlier draft of the aforementioned address, with variant title, “To the Chiefs and warriors of the Indian Nations," [on board the H.M.S. Tonnant, off Apalachicola, c. 5 December 1814.Four pages and one page, 306 x 185mm & 214 x 195mm (respectively).The British seek Native American cooperation to defeat Andrew Jackson. A fascinating pair of draft addresses directed primarily to the "Red Stick" Creek faction, who until late summer 1814 had been fighting a civil war against the Lower Creeks in alliance with with the United States as well as the Choctaw, and Cherokee. The conflict was largely concluded by the Treaty of Fort Jackson (August 1814), in which Andrew Jackson compelled the Creek on both sides of the conflict to cede 21 million acres of land to the United States in today's southern Georgia and Alabama. Hoping to exploit lingering resentments, Edward Codrington, second in command to Admiral Alexander Cochrane commanding the British fleet approaching Louisiana. Both drafts, written in the hand of Rear Admiral Codrington commanding the British fleet that had moved on Washington and Baltimore during the late summer of 1814. Moving southward to attack American ports on the Gulf Coast, Codrington takes his hand at composing two appeals to the aboriginal population of the region: Observing that “our common father has long wished to relieve the sufferings of his warlike Indian Children and to assist them in regaining their rights & possessions from the rebellious and perfidious Americans,” the British extended an offer to provide “covering to protect … your wives & children against the winter’s cold … [and] arms & ammunition to defend yourselves against your oppressors.” As a means to prove British credibility, Codrington reminds his audience, “We promised you by our letter of the 29th June 1814 that great fleets and armies were coming to attack our foes, & you will have heard of our having taken their capital city of Washington & created terror in the heart of their country.” The appeal fell upon deaf ears apparently. The Creeks did not oblige the British offer and did not participate in the Battle of New Orleans, although member of the Choctaw nation fought alongside the city’s defenders under Andrew Jackson.
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