Treaty Signed at Post Vincennes, Etc.
Document 1792Despite poor health, General Putnam has been successful in negotiating a treaty at post Vincennes and encloses a journal of the proceedings during the negotiations and his speech to the Indians. He is still awaiting word from the Delawares regarding their intentions.
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Despite poor health, General Putnam has been successful in negotiating a treaty at post Vincennes and encloses a journal of the proceedings during the negotiations and his speech to the Indians. He is still awaiting word from the Delawares regarding their intentions.
Date
12/20/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Marietta
Collection
Document number
1792122040000
Note
See journal, September 24, 1792.
Neither the author nor the recipient is shown on the typed copy.
Notable persons
[Henry Knox]
[Rufus Putnam]
Major Hamtramck
Mr. Prior
hostile Indians
the Delawares
Mr. Wells
parties of militia
physician
bad oarsmen
wise men
Mr. Hackenwelder
Indian Chief
deputation
General Wilkinson
Mr. Prior
Myah or Malliot
Jacko or Dumais
Notable locations
Marietta
Post Vincennes
Philadelphia
Wabash River
Fort Washington
Notable items
original treaty of peace with sundry tribes of Indians
Journal of the Proceedings
my speech to the Indians
fever
real danger
stolen horses
by water
falls of the Ohio
medicine
no accomodations
the fits
shortness of the days
state of my health
negotiations
peace
fourth article of the treaty
lands to which [Indians] have just claim