Instructions to the Governor of the Western Territories and to the Commanding officer of the troops on the Ohio and an estimate of the expense of an expedition against the Wabash Indians

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Type

Document Signed

Description

General orders regarding pursuing peace with Wabash Indians.

Date

10/06/1790

Author

Henry Knox

Recipient

Arthur St. Clair

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War [1A-D2] (RG 233) {Reference Microfilm}

Document number

1790100690001

Page start

1

Notable persons

Arthur St. Clair
Secretary of War
Henry Knox
Congress
Wabash
Indians
Indian Nation
hostiles
savages
Governor of Western Territory
Governor St. Clair
commanding officer of troops of Ohio
President of United State
President Washington
Superintendent Indian Affairs Northern District
congress
hostile Indians
militia
frontier inhabitants

Notable locations

Ohio River
Kaskaskies
Mississippi River
frontier
post
St. Vincennes
territory
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Michigan
New York

Notable items

expedition against Wabash Indians
peace
war
treaty
expedition
peace
posts
pay
rations