Our Misfortunes
Document 1791The Seneca Chiefs report the misdeeds that are being perpetrated upon them despite Washington's pledge that they would be able to live safely in peace.
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Printed transcription/modern copy of Document
Description
The Seneca Chiefs report the misdeeds that are being perpetrated upon them despite Washington's pledge that they would be able to live safely in peace.
Date
03/17/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburg
Collection
Document number
1791031790000
Notable persons
George Washington
Seneca Chiefs
Cornplanter
New-Arrow
Half-Town
Big-Tree
chiefs of the bad angry Indians
good honest people
innocent men
Samuel Brady
Balden
Joseph Nicholson
interpreter
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Quaker State [Pennsylvania]
Big Beaver Creek
Detroit
Notable items
Great Council of the Thirteen Fires
misfortune
our wagons
trader's house
horses
goods purchased from the trader
murder at Beaver Creek