Speech of the President to the Seneca Chiefs
Document 1791Washington refuses to restore any of the lands ceded by the Indians in the treaties of Fort Stanwix and Fort Harmar but assures them that he is still their friend and protector and will help them achieve prosperity by teaching them to raise domestic animals, the use of the plow, and how to raise corn.
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Description
Washington refuses to restore any of the lands ceded by the Indians in the treaties of Fort Stanwix and Fort Harmar but assures them that he is still their friend and protector and will help them achieve prosperity by teaching them to raise domestic animals, the use of the plow, and how to raise corn.
Date
01/19/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1791011990000
Notable persons
George Washington
Seneca Chiefs
Cornplanter
Half-Town
Big-Tree
friend and protector
Miami Indians
white people
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Muskingum
Notable items
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
your lands
power of the United States
Treaty of Fort Harmar
boundary
goods
your happiness
lines fixed at Fort Stanwix and Fort Harmar
friendly dispositions
robberies and murders
prosperity
use of domestic animals
plow
corn
valuable arts