29 Oct McIntosh’s Widow Plea for Assistance
May 3, 1825
McIntosh’s Widow Plea for Assistance
After the assassination of General William McIntosh in Whitesburg, Georgia on May 1, 1825, some of the family of the slain Creek Chief fled to the plantation of General Alexander Ware on Line Creek in Fayette County. On May 3, 1825, from Ware’s home, two of McIntosh’s wives, Peggy a d Susannah McIntosh addressed a letter to Colonel Duncan G. Campbell and Major James Meriwether, both U. S. Commissioners of Indian Affairs. In the letter they asked for immediate aid and protection for themselves and their “poor little hungry naked children”, as well as “150 to 200” of their people who had also fled their homes. They added: Our country is now in a most ruined state … and if You and Your people do not assist us, God help us 0 we must die either by the Sword or famine – this moment General Ware has come in and will in a few minutes start with a few men and a few friendly Indians, to try and get a little something for us to eat”
Sources: University of Georgia, Telamon Cuyler Collection
By John Lynch
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