Assurances of Justice
Document 1791Knox stresses the need to assure the Seneca Chiefs that the murderers of the friendly Indians will be brought to justice and that liberal compensation for the loss of property will be provided to the friends and relations of the deceased.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Knox stresses the need to assure the Seneca Chiefs that the murderers of the friendly Indians will be brought to justice and that liberal compensation for the loss of property will be provided to the friends and relations of the deceased.
Date
03/28/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1791032800100
Note
Cited in Knox to St. Clair, 04/07/1791.
Notable persons
Arthur St. Clair
Henry Knox
Cornplanter, a Chief of the Seneca Indians
the President [Washington]
Governor of this State [Thomas Mifflin]
the accused
aggrieved Indians
principal chiefs of the [Senecas]
Notable locations
War Department
Big Beaver Creek
State of Virginia
Notable items
murder of friendly Indians
most pernicious consequences
legal process
General Government
disapprobation of the act
the wound
friendship of the Indians
every legal step
punishment
abhorrence of the transaction
assurance of justice
liberal compensation for loss of property