Report from the Western Frontier
Document 1791Governor St. Clair reports from the western frontier on the actions of the local militia who have been called up to provide protection for the inhabitants and the attempts to pacify the friendly Indians after acts of violence against them by unscrupulous frontier settlers.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Governor St. Clair reports from the western frontier on the actions of the local militia who have been called up to provide protection for the inhabitants and the attempts to pacify the friendly Indians after acts of violence against them by unscrupulous frontier settlers.
Date
04/19/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1791041951800
Note
Cited in Knox to St. Clair, 05/12/1791.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Arthur St. Clair
militia
county lieutenants
friendly Indians
scouts or rangers
Nicholson
Cornplanter
General Butler
friends of the deceased
Shawanese
Miamis
the Governor [Thomas Mifflin]
Mr. Guthrie
levies
clergyman by the name of Porter
Mr. Jeffers
party of Senecas
Major Heart
Notable locations
Westmoreland
Wheeling
Venango
Lexington
Fort Washington
Philadelphia
settlement upon the Cupawango
Fort Franklin
Notable items
discretionary powers
approach of an enemy
expedition
speech to the Pipe
compensation for the effects that were plundered
peace
horses
guns
goods
all the clothing they had
breech cloths
depositions
ill-treatment
boat with provisions
Indian canoes
Federal Court
conference with the Government
protection