Unsuccessful Negotiations with the Northwest Indians
Document 1791Knox's report to President Washington regarding attempts to reach a peace agreement with the northwest Indians and, having failed to reach an such an agreement, the preparations for the campaign against them.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Knox's report to President Washington regarding attempts to reach a peace agreement with the northwest Indians and, having failed to reach an such an agreement, the preparations for the campaign against them.
Date
12/26/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1791122600100
Notable persons
Henry Knox
President of the United States
Indian tribes
the Legislature
Cornplanter, a war captain of the Senecas
hostile Indians
friendly Indians
Colonel Thomas Procter
Six Nations
Cherokees
Chickasaws
Creeks
Major General St. Clair
Delawares
Wyandots
Governor of Pennsylvania
Secretary of War
first and second regiments
continental troops
militia from Kentucky
Indian department
Notable locations
War Department
Philadelphia
Painted Post
Miami villages
Big Beaver Creek
Fort Pitt
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
south of the Ohio
Fort Washington
Georgia
South Carolina
West Point
southwestern parts of Virginia
district of Kentucky
Notable items
Indian affairs
records of the Indian department
moderation of the United States
war with the western Indians
invitations of peace
depredations on the frontiers
theatre of war
treaty with the Cherokees
pacific and humane dispositions of the United States
preparations of the campaign
consideration of Congress
arms and accoutrements
quantity of ammunition
corps of two thousand levies
eruptions of the Indians on the frontiers
defensive protection afforded the frontiers
detention of the troops in the upper parts of the Ohio