Failed Attempts to Reach a Peace Agreement
Item
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter made from Recipient's Files
Title
Failed Attempts to Reach a Peace Agreement
Description
The Commissioners describe their attempts to reach a peace agreement that ultimately ended in failure.
year created
1793
month created
08
day created
21
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Spans Images 239-246 of this collection.
content note
A letter from the Indian Commissioners to Knox that was enclosed in the 09/03/93 letter from Knox to Wayne.
author note
Benjamin Lincoln, Beverley Randolph, Timothy Pickering
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Indians
Captain Matthew Elliot, Colonel McKee's adjutant
Puckonchehelas, Head Warrior of the Delawares
Hadiiapilathy(?) Head Warrior of the Shawanese
La_avagh_da_wunk(?) who is said to be head man of the Wyandots
their Confederacy
their warriors
our interpreters
Captain Henrick's men
Munseys and Chippewas
Senecas
Miamis
Capt. Brant and his Mohawks
hostile Nations
Chiefs of the Six Nations
runners
Sylvester Ash
General Chapin and Mr. Jones
Indian Council
the President
General Wayne
Commanding Officr at Fort Franklin
Western Indians
two Seneca runners
Major Craig
Mr. Wilson
General Chapin's son
British agents
notable location
Niagara
Niagara
Fort Erie
mouth of the Detroit River
Sandusky
mouth of the Miami River
Ohio River
Miami Bay
Fort Erie
Buffalo Creek
Fort Pitt
Fort Franklin
Presque Isle
Genensee River
Susquehanna
Pittsburgh
Canandagua
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
meeting with the Indians
deputation of Indians
written message in the name of their Confederacy
boundary between your people and ours
principal concessions
ample compensations
fair prospect of peace
decisive answer from the Indian Council
final answer of the Indians
strong and unalterable friendship of the United States for the Six Nations
our letters to General Wayne
numbers of Indians at the rapids
notable phrase
In all these intermediate letters we have mentioned the fact simply that the Western Indians refuse to make peace.
document number
1793082140155
page start
239
Item sets
Transcribe this document
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (8 pages) | DTC01 (286 pages) | Collection: Anthony Wayne Letterbooks Vol.1-3 | V: 2 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Commissioners for Indian Affairs in the Northern Department | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |