[Deposition of Private William May.] Border Disputes
Document 1792details of May's capture, imprisonment, work on a schooner transporting rations; and going to war with Indians. Details of battle. May met the Indians who scalped Maj. Trueman and his travel companions and was related the story of how he was scalped. War with Indians was inevitable if Ohio river was not declared the boundary line. Discussed Indians plans for war.
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Description
details of May's capture, imprisonment, work on a schooner transporting rations; and going to war with Indians. Details of battle. May met the Indians who scalped Maj. Trueman and his travel companions and was related the story of how he was scalped. War with Indians was inevitable if Ohio river was not declared the boundary line. Discussed Indians plans for war.
Date
10/11/1792
Author
Collection
Document number
1792101190000
Notable persons
William May
Armstrong
Mingoes
Harmar
french baker
St. Clair
Indians
Indian Nation
Chippewa
Trueman
prisoner
traders
merchants
McKenzie
McDonald
Robert Wilson
Abbet
Simon Girty
Wyandot
William Lynch
Alexander McKee
agent
Shawnee
interpreter
William Smally
Hardin
frenchman
Le Motte
Elliot
Brumley
Sylvey
Pottawatomie
Shawnee
Miami
Tawa
Delaware
Munsee
Ottawa
confederacy
Cornplanter
Six Nations
Brandt
Notable locations
Dover
Delaware
Fort Hamilton
trail of Trueman
route
village
Tawa river
St. Joseph's
trading town
Glaze
Detroit
Hiskee creek
Sandusky
Canada
Ohio
river
Fort Erie
Niagara
Fallen Timber
Chapin
Notable items
deposition
schooner
barrels
rations
cannon
scalp
gold laced cloth
silver laced cloth
gifts
horse