Route of Hendrick to Hostile Western Indians
Document 1791Step by step route of Hendricks route by way of Niagara and Grand River.
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Extract of a letter from Colonel Timothy Pickering to the Secretary of War. dated Newtown 16th July 1791.
"Captain Hendrick set off the 13th Instant, on his journey to the Western Indians; He goes by the way of Niagara to the Grand River, which he may reach in 8 days; from thence to the River of France as it is pronounced to me, is about 20 miles; then he will go down that river, in a Canoe to near the Western end of Lake Erie, and so to Detroit — This is a voyage of about 12 days — From the information he had received, he said it would take him 10 days to go from Detroit to the hostile Indians' towns. So his whole journey may take up thirty days."
Compared
Signed Anty Nary Genl
Chy. Clk.
A.C.
[Endorsed — No. 20.]
Type
Extract of Letter
Description
Step by step route of Hendricks route by way of Niagara and Grand River.
Date
07/16/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Newtown
Collection
Document number
1791071640101
Page start
1
Note
Note on bottom of letter states, "Endorsed No. 40".
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Timothy Pickering
Indians
Western Indians
hostiles
Notable locations
Newtown
Niagara
Detriot
Grand River
River of France
territory
