Deteriorating Relations with the Western Indians
Document 1788St. Clair informs Knox that he is proceeding with plans for a meeting with the Six Nations, although with diminished expectations that such a meeting will be successful given the Indians' anger at the continued incursions of American settlers on their land.
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Type
Printed or published letter
Description
St. Clair informs Knox that he is proceeding with plans for a meeting with the Six Nations, although with diminished expectations that such a meeting will be successful given the Indians' anger at the continued incursions of American settlers on their land.
Date
07/05/1788
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1788070554200
Note
Cited in St. Clair to Knox, 07/13/1788.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Arthur St. Clair
Six Nations
Indians
settlers
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Notable items
treaty talks
settler incursions on Indian land