![]() Local Identifier: gml019 Metadata URL: Digital Object URL: IIIF manifest: Language: eng Bibliographic Citation (Cite As): Cite as:, Governor McMinn Letters, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia Extent: 3 pages/leaves Holding Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives Rights: The tomahawk was found in the vicinity of Moore's combat with Big Indian and believed to have belonged to the warrior because of its large size.ĭigital 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. White claims that during the Battle of Long Island Flats (present-day Tennessee), an American soldier by the name of Moore fought with Big Indian and killed him. Netherland, the tomahawk is believed to have belonged to a Cherokee man known as "Big Indian". According to White, who received the story secondhand from a Mr. White along with his donation of the tomahawk to the Historical Society of Tennessee on January 6, 1860. The written account was furnished by Alfred H. Image/jpeg Description: This document, entitled "Account of a Battle Axe Taken from an Indian at the Battle of Long Island Flats in 1776," describes the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a tomahawk thought to belong to a Cherokee warrior. Tennessee-History-Revolution, 1775-1783 Location: United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027 Medium: writings Type: Text Format: text/html Date of Original: Subject: Cherokee Indians-Warfare 1860 Publisher: Manuscript held by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Governor McMinn Letters, box 16, folder n/a, document tl019. White of an image Creator: White, Alfred H., fl. Records containing the words bread and butter or bread and fruitĬollection: Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 Title: Account of a battle axe taken from an Indian at the Battle of Long Island Flats in 1776, 1860 Jan. Records containing the phrase “African American” and art Records with the word Brunswick but not the word stew Records with the word low that also contain girl and/or scouts Truncation and wildcards are not supported This Search You can use parentheses in your complex expressions Use "OR", "AND", and "NOT" (must be capitalized) to create complex boolean logic Use "-" before a word or phrase to exclude Use "+" before a term to make it required (Otherwise results matching only some of your terms may be included) Use quotation marks to search as a phrase Select "Full text" to search only the scanned or transcribed text for items. Select "Records" to search only metadata for items. #Historical battle axe fullSelect "Records and Full text" to search both the metadata and available full text. ![]()
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