A Warning to the Seneca Nation

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Type

Letter

Description

Reminds the leaders and warriors of the Seneca and other of the Six Nations that the United States desires to live peaceably with the Indians in the Western Territories and requests that they accept Colonel Procter as emissary. They are also told that hostility will be meted out in kind.

Date

03/10/1791

Recipient

Sent from

War Office

Document number

1791031000201

Page start

1

Notable persons

Henry Knox
Seneca
Thomas Procter
Arthur St. Clair
Cornplanter
George Washington
Six Nations
Miami
Wabash
Wyandot
Delaware
Indians
Indian Nation
great chief of the thirteen fires

Notable locations

War Office
Northwest Territory
frontier
Indian land
Ohio
river
Philadelphia

Notable items

treaty
agreement