Indian Affairs in the Northwest & Prospects for Peace
Document 1792Chapin discusses Indian affairs in the northwest and the prospects for peace with sundry tribes.
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Printed transcription/modern copy of letter
Description
Chapin discusses Indian affairs in the northwest and the prospects for peace with sundry tribes.
Date
07/17/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Canandauqua
Collection
Document number
1792071740000
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Notable persons
Henry Knox
Israel Chapin
Captain Hendricks
chiefs of the Five Nations
Onondagas
Fish Carrier, principal chief of the Cayuga Nation
Congress
young warriors
hostile Indians
General Washington
Senecas
chiefs from Oneida
Massasoiga chiefs
Mohawks
Captain Brandt
Colonel Butler, the British superintendent of the Six Nations
British officers
Southern [Indian] nations
Delawares
Shawanese
war parties
enemy
Indians from Canada
blacksmiths
Notable locations
Canandaugua
Buffalo Creek
Grand River
Niagara
Philadelphia
Genesee River
Notable items
bark canoe
treaty
conferences
southern treaty
general pacification
speech to the Indians
real friendship
best intelligence
erecting schools
stipend
civilization