N Instructions to Captain Hendrick Aupaumut Chief of the Stockbridge Indians.— You having agreed to repair to the great Council of Indians soon to be held at the Miami River of Lake Erie in order to convince them of the moderation Justice and desire of the United States for peace, and to regard this letter as the general rule of your conduct. You will immediately repair to General Isaac Chapin in the Genesee Country having the charge of Indian Affairs in that district. He will accompany you to Buffaloe Creek or such other place upon Lake Erie as shall be agreed upon and make arrangements for your immediate departure for the Miami River.— Upon your arrival at the Assembled Council, you will in the manner you shall judge best, inform the said Indians of the desire of the United States for peace. That they claim no Indian Lands but those purchased at a fair Treaty. That all the stories they have heard to the Contrary must be disbelieved. You having been informed upon this Subject, and being furnished with with a Map of our Claims will be able to be precise upon this Subject.— They must be sensible if they will reflect that our desires of peace do not arise from any fear of a War, but for the sake of humanity. Inform them that we have also dispatched officers from the Ohio to them in order to give to them the same information, and that they must treat those officers kindly.— You will also inform them that General Putnam will be sent by the President of the United States to conclude a treaty, and that in order to this end he will be at Fort Jefferson, our advanced Post, to which place they must send an escort to receive him, which escort you will accompany. That if they are desirous of peace they must instantly dispatch summons to call in all their war parties, and that until the issue of these offers are made known, they may not be apprehensive of our striking their Towns.— As General Putnam will be waiting at Fort Jefferson, it will be absolutely necessary that you should go personally and inform him of the dispositions of the Council of Indians whether favorable, or otherwise.— The The business on which you are employed is of high importance to the United States, and honorable to yourself. In order to execute it properly will well deserve your highest exertions and perseverance. Let nothing therefore be wanting on your part, but push forward with all your might.— Given under my hand in the City of Philadelphia this 8^th day of May 1792.— H. Knox Sec^y of War Received from the Secretary of War the following Silver Articles, on account of the Indian department, and to be disposed of under my direction, in the Service of the United States — to wit. Six Wors & twelve Ear Jewels (for Joshua Hill a Delaware Indian) two pair Large Arm bands six dozen Broaches two dozen Nose, and two dozen Ear Jewells War Office, May 9^th 1792 Witness In^o Haggi^t (sign^d) Hendrick Aupaumut Compared [undecipherable] W. B.