Notes on the Speeches of Good Peter and Red Jacket

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Type

Autograph Draft Document Signed

Description

Bolt describes in his notes the speeches of Red Jacket and Good Peter and discusses the progress of civilizing the Indians.He talks of the hostility of the Western Indians and mentions Indians and Indian warfare. He alludes to prisoners of war and land sales.

Date

07/10/1791

Author

Recipient

Document number

1791071090001

Page start

1

Notable persons

A. Bolt
Red Jacket
Johnson
Colonel Butler
warriors
citizens
adopted children of prisoners
white man
Shawanese
Delawares
traders
Western Indians
British
independent people
Congress
Six Nations
the President [Washington]

Notable locations

Tioga

Notable items

warriors minds uneasy
a true voice
no sale of land without knowledge of the President
council
chain of friendship
wish for peace
thoughts of revenge
Indian way of making war
Treaty at Tioga
the treaty
talks of peace
advantages which the white people [gain] from their labour
all our old rules
a bill
hard thoughts