State of the Tribes in the Northwest
Document 1792Putnam explains the situation with the sundry western tribes, the necessity of protecting frontier inhabitants, and the possible intervention of the British in support of the Indians. If the British intend to support the Indians, they should be confronted by the United States on Lake Erie.
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Putnam explains the situation with the sundry western tribes, the necessity of protecting frontier inhabitants, and the possible intervention of the British in support of the Indians. If the British intend to support the Indians, they should be confronted by the United States on Lake Erie.
Date
07/11/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Washington
Collection
Document number
1792071140000
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Rufus Putnam
Indians
party of haymakers
Wabash Indians
Major Hamtramck
Major Trueman
Colonel Harden
General Wilkinson
Mr. Vigo
hostile tribes
Colonel Sargent
goods woodsmen and runners
savages
enemy
inhabitants of the frontier
Chippewas
Notable locations
Fort Washington
Kentucky
Fort Jefferson
Vincennes
Fort Washington
Philadelphia
County of St. Clair
mouth of the Big Beaver
mouth of Cayahoga on Lake Erie
Tawa River
garrison at Detroit
Ohio River
Miami Village
Notable items
dead bodies
war
lasting peace with the Indians
defeat
supplies of provisions
ports
protection
birch canoes
British water craft
convoys