Inauguration of a Sachem, Etc.
Document 1791Pickering describes the inauguration of a Sachem of the Six Nations of Indians and affirms a public treaty with those tribes in which he promises to introduce husbandry and other arts intended to bestow the blessings of civilization on the Indians.
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Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Pickering describes the inauguration of a Sachem of the Six Nations of Indians and affirms a public treaty with those tribes in which he promises to introduce husbandry and other arts intended to bestow the blessings of civilization on the Indians.
Date
07/15/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Newtown Point
Collection
Document number
1791071590201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering, Commissioner in behalf of the United States
Allegheny Chief, Big Log
President [Washington]
full council of the Six Nations
Seneca Nation
Onandaga Chief
their children
Red Jacket
Samuel Otis, Secretary
Notable locations
Newtown Point
New York
Tioga County
Notable items
long strings of wampum
present to the President of the United States
Sachem
duties of the office
public treaty
rites of his inauguration
speech
strong friendship
art of husbandry
reading and writing
proposed improvements
belt
parchment