Talk:Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident

Reorganized refs to give the more formal references first. DGG 18:11, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Robert C. Ambrister
According to court records, Robert Ambrister was not "captured". He went to General Jackson, when he arrived in the area, and asked for help. He asked for food and provisions. General Jackson was upset because the Indians had gone and he had no one to fight and decided to charge him with spying and had Ambrister shot as a spy. Arbuthnot had been selling arms to the Creek Indians and evidnetly had made a lot of money doing so. He came from Nassau, Bahamas in 1817 and with the permission of the Spanish government, set up his trading post in the area. He wrote letters for the Indians to various American entities but he never recognized Indian sovereignty and claimed something other than a diplomatic position in the negotiations, like he was going to be a leader or land owner etc., I think he would have been happy if Great Britain obtained their old colony back! He had mailed a letter to his son referencing current affairs with the Indians, and this letter was intercepted and used in his trial against him. General Jackson had him hung from the yardarm of his own trading ship, the "Chance", docked on the Suwanee River. Before he was hung, General Jackson offered to commute his sentence if he would tell him the location of his trading post profits, packed in barrels and buried in the swamp. Arbuthnot refused to tell Jackson but he had already told several people in the community so it was not a big secret that Arbuthnot was a wealthy man. After his death, his wife came from the Bahamas to help settle his estate. 97.76.210.2 (talk)per published books97.76.210.2 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:15, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Ambrister and Armbrister
Some sources spell his name as Armbrister. I believe Ambrister correct as that is the term the Library of Congress uses, and is on: “The trials of A. Arbuthnot & R.C. Ambrister, London : Printed for J. Ridgway [by] C. Wood, printer, 1819. deisenbe (talk) 13:49, 9 August 2018 (UTC)